Table 3.
Spearman correlations between scores on the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and age, education, (health-related) Internet use, and Internet performance skills
| Study 1 | Study 2 | ||||
| r | P value | r | P value | ||
| Sociodemographics | |||||
| Age | -.11 | .13 | -.08 | .49 | |
| Education (1 = low, 2 = middle, 3 = high) | .09 | .24 | .13 | .25 | |
| Amount of Internet usage | .24 | .001 | .24 | .02 | |
| Health-related Internet use | |||||
| Information on diseases | .40 | <.001 | –a | ||
| Healthy lifestyle | .28 | <.001 | |||
| Medication | .29 | <.001 | |||
| Treatments | .38 | <.001 | |||
| Care providers | .30 | <.001 | |||
| Patient organizations | .32 | <.001 | |||
| Law regulations related to health conditions | .26 | <.001 | |||
| Peer-support forums | .27 | <.001 | |||
| Performance tasks | |||||
| Successfully completed tasks overall | –a | .18 | .09 | ||
| Operational | .12 | .27 | |||
| Formal | .19 | .07 | |||
| Information | .05 | .62 | |||
| Strategic | .11 | .30 | |||
a Item was not measured in this study.