Table 4.

Associations of Computer Characteristics, Social Support, and Health Knowledge and Attitudes With Internet Use and High eHealth Literacy.

	Internet users n = 200		p valuesa	High eHealth literacy n = 106		p valuea
	n	%		n	%
Computer characteristics
Number of e-devices			<.01			.03
0	1	1.8		0	—
1	27	25.5		9	33.3
2 or more	78	82.1		43	46.7
Frequency of Internet use						.06
Less than once a day	—			17	38.6
At least once a day	—			35	57.4
Computer stress			<.01			<.01
Any stress	62	41.1		22	36.1
No stress	44	91.7		30	68.2
Social support
Marital status			<.01			.38
Married	54	64.3		24	45.3
Not married	52	44.8		28	53.8
Care partner			.09			.48
Yes	60	48.4		31	52.5
No	46	60.5		21	45.7
Household structure			.08			.53
1 person	32	45.7		18	56.3
2 persons	49	62.8		21	43.8
3 or more persons	25	48.1		13	52.0
Health knowledge and attitudes
General health literacy			<.01			.09
Inadequate	58	42.6		24	42.1
Adequate	44	83.0		26	59.1
Medical decision-making attitude			<.01			.04
Prefer to rely on doctor’s knowledge	48	42.9		18	38.3
Do not prefer to rely on doctor’s knowledge	58	68.2		34	58.6

^achi-square test.