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. 2019 Apr 5;8(2):e8423. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.8423

Table 3.

Differences in the 7 tools in electronic health literacy assessment between users and nonusers of sundhed.dk and NemID.

Tool in eHLAa Mean Users of sundhed.dk Users of NemID
Yes/No, N Mean (IQRb) P value Yes/No, N Mean (IQR) P value
1. Functional health literacy 9.5 Yes, 120 9.5 (9-10) .75 Yes, 207 9.5 (9-10) .89
No, 86 9.4 (9-10)
No, 8 9.5 (9-10)
2. Self-assessed health literacy 3.3 Yes, 123 3.3 (2.9-3.7) .004 Yes, 217 3.2 (2.9-3.6) .007
No, 93 3.1 (2.8-3.3)
No, 11 2.8 (2.6-3.2)
3. Familiarity with health and disease 3.1 Yes, 124 3.3 (3.0-3.8) .006 Yes, 221 3.1 (2.6-3.8) .58
No, 95 2.9 (2.4-3.8)
No, 10 3.0 (2.8-3.4)
4. Knowledge of health and disease 9.7 Yes, 119 9.9 (9-12) .01 Yes, 213 9.6 (8-11) .41
No, 92 9.3 (8-10)
No, 10 10.1 (8-12)
5. Digital familiarity 3.5 Yes, 125 3.7 (3.5-4.0) <.001 Yes, 220 3.6 (3.5-4.0) <.001
No, 95 3.2 (2.8-4.0)
No, 12 1.7 (1.0-2.3)
6. Digital confidence 3.4 Yes, 129 3.6 (3.3-4.0) .02 Yes, 225 3.5 (3.3-4.0) <.001
No, 92 3.3 (2.8-4.0)
No, 8 1.7 (1.0-2.3)
7. Digital incentives 3.5 Yes, 133 3.6 (3.3-4.0) .005 Yes, 230 3.5 (3.0-4.0) <.001
No, 93 3.3 (2.8-4.0)
No, 8 2.0 (1.3-2.8)

aeHLA: eHealth literacy assessment.

bIQR: interquartile range.