Table 2.
ICT use, ATC/IQ and eHealth literacy between country groups
| Finnish group | Greek group | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Information and Communication Technology use (among all participants): | |||
| Internet use | <.0001 | ||
| Never user | 14 (11) | 60 (59) | |
| Previous user | 3 (2) | 8 (8) | |
| Current user | 111 (87) | 33 (33) | |
| Mobile phone use | 0.01 | ||
| Yes | 123 (96) | 85 (84) | |
| No | 5 (4) | 16 (16) | |
| SMS use | <.0001 | ||
| Yes | 109 (85) | 44 (44) | |
| No | 19 (15) | 57 (56) | |
| Attitudes Towards Computers/Internet (among never Internet users)*: | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P-value |
| ATC/IQ Efficacy | 2.93 (0.81) | 3.06 (0.86) | 0.585 |
| ATC/IQ Interest | 2.60 (0.67) | 3.16 (0.50) | <.0001 |
| Supplementary questions+: | Median (Min, max) | Median (Min, max) | P-value |
| Willingness to find online health information if someone teaches me how to use the Internet | 4 (1, 5) | 4 (1, 4) | 0.829 |
| Comfort joining an online health discussion group and exchange emails with others | 2.5 (1, 5) | 3 (1, 5) | 0.207 |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P-value | |
| eHealth literacy (among previous and current Internet users) | 27.05 (5.36) | 23.15 (7.23) | <.0001 |
| Supplementary questions: | Median (Min, max) | Median (Min, max) | P-value |
| Perceived usefulness | 4 (1, 5) | 3 (1, 5) | 0.199 |
| Perceived importance | 4 (1, 5) | 4 (1, 5) | 0.732 |
| Comfort joining an online health discussion group and exchange emails with others | 2 (1, 5) | 3 (1, 5) | 0.492 |
*One-way ANOVA test was used to detect differences between countries
+Kruskal-Wallkis rank test was used to detect differences between countries