Table 12.
Associations of eHLa with difficulties in seeking and using COVID-19 information (none and the top 5 difficulties).
| Difficulties | Total (n=6000), n (%) | eHEALSb (quartile) | P for trend | Total score of DHLIc (quartile) | P for trend | |||||||||
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Q1 (Low) (n=1504), n (%) | Q2 (n=1531), n (%) | Q3 (n=1429), n (%) | Q4 (High) (n=1536), n (%) |
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Q1 (Low) (n=1437), n (%) | Q2 (n=1511), n (%) | Q3 (n=1531), n (%) | Q4 (High) (n=1521), n (%) |
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| None | 3151 (52.52) | 779 (51.8) | 899 (58.72) | 707 (49.48) | 766 (49.87) | .01 | 628 (43.7) | 738 (48.84) | 845 (55.19) | 940 (61.8) | <.001 | |||
| Information discernment | 409 (6.82) | 103 (6.85) | 94 (6.14) | 115 (8.05) | 97 (6.32) | .94 | 116 (8.07) | 135 (8.93) | 86 (5.62) | 72 (4.73) | <.001 | |||
| Incomprehensible information | 348 (5.8) | 140 (9.31) | 87 (5.68) | 66 (4.62) | 55 (3.58) | <.001 | 139 (9.67) | 95 (6.29) | 67 (4.38) | 47 (3.09) | <.001 | |||
| Information overload | 272 (4.53) | 64 (4.26) | 69 (4.51) | 70 (4.9) | 69 (4.49) | .65 | 68 (4.73) | 89 (5.89) | 73 (4.77) | 42 (2.76) | .003 | |||
| Vaccination information | 261 (4.35) | 60 (3.99) | 54 (3.53) | 75 (5.25) | 72 (4.69) | .11 | 61 (4.24) | 73 (4.83) | 70 (4.57) | 57 (3.75) | .45 | |||
| Disinformation | 209 (3.48) | 44 (2.93) | 56 (3.66) | 51 (3.57) | 58 (3.78) | .24 | 41 (2.85) | 47 (3.11) | 55 (3.59) | 66 (4.34) | .02 | |||
aeHL: eHealth literacy.
beHEALS: eHealth Literacy Scale.
cDHLI: Digital Health Literacy Instrument.