Table 5.
The correlation between tools in electronic health literacy assessment and age, education, and self-rated health.
Tool in eHLAa | Age | Education | Self-rated healthb | |||
Coefficient | P value | Coefficient | P value | Coefficient | P value | |
1. Functional health literacy | −.08 | .13 | .16 | .01 | .05 | .45 |
2. Self-assessed health literacy | −.05 | .31 | <.001 | .95 | .18 | .001 |
3. Familiarity with health and disease | .08 | .09 | .11 | .05 | .03 | .62 |
4. Knowledge of health and disease | .11 | .02 | .15 | .007 | .03 | .60 |
5. Digital familiarity | −.25 | <.001 | .22 | <.001 | .25 | <.001 |
6. Digital confidence | −.34 | <.001 | .13 | .02 | .20 | <.001 |
7. Digital incentives | −.17 | <.001 | .11 | .04 | .20 | <.001 |
aeHLA: eHealth literacy assessment.
bSelf-rated health: 1=poor health, 5=excellent health.