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Table 2 ICT use, ATC/IQ and eHealth literacy between country groups

From: Internet use, eHealth literacy and attitudes toward computer/internet among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study in two distant European regions

 

Finnish group

Greek group

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

Information and Communication Technology use (among all participants):

 Internet use

  

<.0001

  Never user

14 (11)

60 (59)

 

  Previous user

3 (2)

8 (8)

 

  Current user

111 (87)

33 (33)

 

 Mobile phone use

  

0.01

  Yes

123 (96)

85 (84)

 

  No

5 (4)

16 (16)

 

 SMS use

  

<.0001

  Yes

109 (85)

44 (44)

 

  No

19 (15)

57 (56)

 

Attitudes Towards Computers/Internet (among never Internet users)*:

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P-value

ATC/IQ Efficacy

2.93 (0.81)

3.06 (0.86)

0.585

ATC/IQ Interest

2.60 (0.67)

3.16 (0.50)

<.0001

Supplementary questions+:

Median (Min, max)

Median (Min, max)

P-value

Willingness to find online health information if someone teaches me how to use the Internet

4 (1, 5)

4 (1, 4)

0.829

Comfort joining an online health discussion group and exchange emails with others

2.5 (1, 5)

3 (1, 5)

0.207

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P-value

eHealth literacy (among previous and current Internet users)

27.05 (5.36)

23.15 (7.23)

<.0001

Supplementary questions:

Median (Min, max)

Median (Min, max)

P-value

Perceived usefulness

4 (1, 5)

3 (1, 5)

0.199

Perceived importance

4 (1, 5)

4 (1, 5)

0.732

Comfort joining an online health discussion group and exchange emails with others

2 (1, 5)

3 (1, 5)

0.492

  1. *One-way ANOVA test was used to detect differences between countries
  2. +Kruskal-Wallkis rank test was used to detect differences between countries