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. 2024 Apr 11;26:e50410. doi: 10.2196/50410

Table 6.

Self-efficacy.


Frequency of eHealth usea, n (%) P value Effect size

Never Low or medium High Total

Self-efficacy by eHEALSb,c <.001c 0.39

Group A: 1-8 3 (75) 0 (0) 1 (25) 4 (100)


Group B: 9-16 15 (71.4) 3 (14.3) 3 (14.3) 21 (100)


Group C: 17-24 47 (58.8) 11 (13.8) 22 (27.5) 80 (100)


Group D: 25-32 55 (24.2) 25 (11) 147 (64.8) 227 (100)


Group E: 33-40 13 (18.1) 8 (11.1) 51 (70.8) 72 (100)

I prefer to get as much information as possible about treatment options .08d 0.11

Strongly disagree 3 (60) 0 (0) 2 (40) 5 (100)


Disagree 3 (50) 0 (0) 3 (50) 6 (100)


Neither 10 (41.7) 6 (25) 8 (33.3) 24 (100)


Agree 58 (35.4) 21 (12.8) 85 (51.8) 164 (100)


Strongly agree 59 (28.8) 21 (10.2) 125 (61) 205 (100)

I try to get my health care providers to listen to my preferences for my treatment .06d 0.12

Strongly disagree 3 (75) 0 (0) 1 (25) 4 (100)


Disagree 2 (40) 1 (20) 2 (40) 5 (100)


Neither 21 (34.4) 12 (19.7) 28 (45.9) 61 (100)


Agree 66 (35.5) 17 (9.1) 103 (55.4) 186 (100)


Strongly agree 40 (27.2) 18 (12.2) 89 (60.5) 147 (100)

I am very active in my health care .052d 0.12

Strongly disagree 3 (75) 1 (25) 0 (0) 4 (100)


Disagree 5 (25) 3 (15) 12 (60) 20 (100)


Neither 22 (28.2) 15 (19.2) 41 (52.6) 78 (100)


Agree 71 (37.8) 18 (9.6) 99 (52.7) 188 (100)


Strongly agree 31 (27.4) 11 (9.7) 71 (62.8) 113 (100)

I take my commitment to my treatment seriously .30d 0.08

Strongly disagree 4 (80) 1 (20) 0 (0) 5 (100)


Disagree 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (100) 3 (100)


Neither 8 (23.5) 7 (20.6) 19 (55.9) 34 (100)


Agree 69 (33.8) 24 (11.8) 111 (54.4) 204 (100)


Strongly agree 52 (32.5) 16 (10) 92 (57.5) 160 (100)

I rely on health professionals or others to access the information for me and then explain it to me <.001d 0.22

Strongly disagree 3 (33.3) 2 (22.2) 4 (44.4) 9 (100)


Disagree 3 (7.3) 4 (9.8) 34 (82.9) 41 (100)


Neither 18 (21.7) 11 (13.3) 54 (65.1) 83 (100)


Agree 68 (37.6) 22 (12.2) 91 (50.3) 181 (100)


Strongly agree 41 (45.1) 9 (9.9) 41 (45.1) 91 (100)

aExcludes those for whom frequency of eHealth use is unknown.

beHEALS: eHealth Literacy Scale.

ceHEALS derived from item E3 (8 parts). Where ≤ 4 responses were missing, mean imputation was used. If >4 responses were missing, the records were excluded. Groups A to C as well as groups D to E were combined for the chi-square test.

dStrongly disagree, disagree, neither, and agree or strongly agree combined for significance testing.