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. 2021 Mar 29;23(3):e25042. doi: 10.2196/25042

Table 4.

COVID-19 knowledge, conspiracy beliefs, and protective behaviors for respondents with low and high coronavirus-related eHealth literacy.

CoV-eHEALSa score Estimated mean scoreb (SE)

Knowledge Conspiracy beliefs Protective behaviors
Low score (n=298) 3.6 (0.040) 3.0 (0.064) 3.6 (0.049)
High score (n=729) 3.9 (0.025) 2.8 (0.040) 4.0 (0.031)
P value <.001 .03 <.001

aCoV-eHEALS: coronavirus-related eHealth literacy scale.

bEstimated means adjusted for age, income, gender, ethnicity, and education level. Overall multivariate analysis of variance model; Box M=53.35; F=8.86; P<.001.