Table 3.

Correlation matrix

	Self-care	Medication adherence	Online DISB
Online DISB (yes/no)	0.72**	0.68**	–
e-Health literacy	0.50**	0.39**	0.10*
Hurried Communication	–0.31**	–0.29**	0.04
Elicited Concerns	0.31**	0.30**	0.05
Explained Results	0.41**	0.38**	0.03

Pearson correlation coefficients were used except for the dichotomous variable (i.e., online DISB), in which the eta coefficient was used

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01