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

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.