Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and self-rated health information literacy scores.

Characteristic			Participants (n=70), n (%)		Self-rated health information literacy score		Chi-square or t testa (df)		P value
Gender							–2.135a (68)		.04
	Male	39 (56)		45.13 (5.08)
	Female	31 (44)		47.58 (4.35)
Age							0.156 (1)		.70
	31 to 45 years old	27 (39)		46.44 (4.27)
	46 to 60 years old	33 (47)		46.33 (5.20)
	61 to 65 years old	10 (14)		45.20 (5.79)
Education							7.799 (2)		.02
	Primary school or below	9 (13)		42.78 (5.21)
	Middle school or technical school	56 (80)		47.09 (4.56)
	University	5 (7)		42.60 (4.39)
	Postgraduate and above	0 (0)		0.00 (0.00)
Occupation							4.264 (3)		.23
	Employees of enterprises and public institutions (including separation and retirement)	29 (41)		47.24 (4.33)
	Farming	10 (14)		44.30 (4.92)
	Commercial or service	19 (27)		45.16 (5.22)
	No job	12 (17)		47.00 (5.34)
Experience with internet use							6.895 (2)		.03
	Less than 1 year	12 (17)		43.00 (5.78)
	1-3 years	14 (20)		46.93 (4.68)
	More than 3 years	44 (63)		46.86 (4.45)
Experience with mobile phone use							0.001(1)		.99
	Less than 1 year	0 (0)		0.00 (0.00)
	1-3 years	6 (9)		45.83 (7.88)
	More than 3 years	64 (91)		46.25 (4.62)
Number of chronic diseases							0.001 (1)		.98
	1	42 (60)		46.17 (4.51)
	2 or more	28 (40)		46.29 (5.51)
Time postdiagnosis							1.753 (3)		.62
	Less than 1 year	7 (10)		45.00 (4.00)
	1-3 years	24 (34)		46.25 (6.04)
	4-5 years	12 (17)		46.25 (3.62)
	More than 5 years	27 (29)		46.92 (4.56)

^aA paired t test was used to obtain this value.