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. 2017 Jan 24;19(1):e27. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6709

Table 3.

Total scores, subscale scores, and internal consistencies on the Digital Health Literacy Instrument at baseline (T1; N=200) and at 2 weeks (T2; n=67).

Digital health literacy skill T1 (N=200) mean (SD) Alpha T1 T1 (n=67)a
T2 (n=67) mean (SD) Alpha T2 ICCb between T1 and T2 (n=67) P value
Total digital health literacy 3.11 (0.45) .87 3.12 (0.39) 3.16 (0.41) .88 .77 <.001
Operational skillsc 3.67 (0.59) .77 3.76 (0.43) 3.68 (0.51) .86 .81 <.001
Navigation skillsc 3.30 (0.52) .70 3.38 (0.42) 3.28 (0.52) .82 .60 <.001
Information searchingc 3.04 (0.64) .89 3.00 (0.62) 3.00 (0.50) .82 .63 <.001
Evaluating reliabilityc 2.70 (0.63) .78 2.74 (0.61) 2.84 (0.53) .79 .67 <.001
Determining relevancec 2.81 (0.60) .81 2.82 (0.56) 2.85 (0.58) .85 .49 <.001
Adding contentc 3.00 (0.67) .89 2.98 (0.72) 3.14 (0.61) .91 .58 <.001
Protecting privacy (T1 n=86; T2 n=38) 3.52 (0.52) .57 3.38 (0.46) 3.61 (0.50) .68 .49 <.02

aScores at T1 of those who also completed the survey at T2.

bICC: intraclass correlation coefficient.

cAnswer score range 1-4.

dAnswer score range 2-4.