Table 6.

Spearman rho correlations between the Digital Health Literacy Instrument, sociodemographics, Internet use, health perception, the NVS^a and the eHEALS^b.

Variable assessed	ρ	P value
Age	–.41	<.001
Education	.14	.047
Internet use	.39	<.001
Health-related Internet use	.27	<.001
Health perception (RAND-36c)	.23	<.001
Physical functioning (RAND-36)	.27	<.001
Mental well-being (RAND-36)	.17	.047
Health literacy (NVS)	.31	<.001
eHealth literacy (eHEALS)	.51	<.001

^aNVS: Newest Vital Sign.

^beHEALS: eHealth Literacy Scale.

^cRAND-36: RAND 36-Item Health Survey.