Table 5.

Associations of Health Status With Internet Use and eHealth Literacy.

	No		Yes
Internet use (n = 200)	M	SD	M	SD	p valuea
Health knowledge and attitudes
Number of health information sources	2.6	1.7	3.4	1.5	<.01
Health status
SF-12
MCS	50.8	13.4	49.7	11.4	.55
PCS	37.4	11.9	37.8	12.5	.84
Modified Charlson Index	5.8	2.9	6.1	2.6	.37
	Low		High
eHealth literacy (n = 106)	M	SD	M	SD	p valuea
Health knowledge and attitudes
Number of health information sources	3.0	1.5	3.8	1.4	<.01
Health status
SF-12
MCS	48.1	12.2	51.2	10.4	.17
PCS	37.0	13.3	38.5	11.7	.53
Modified Charlson Index	5.8	2.5	6.4	2.7	.19

Note. MCS = mental component score; PCS = physical component score.

^aTwo-sample t test.