Table 3: Comparison of eHealth literacy between the U.S. and South Korea undergraduate nursing students (Rating 1 to 5, 1 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree).

U.S. South Korea
Items M (SD) M (SD) t df p
How useful do you feel the Internet is in helping you in making decisions about your health? 4.47 (0.54) 3.86 (0.62) 6.79 167 0.000*
How important is it for you to be able to access health resources on the Internet? 4.64 (0.53) 3.74 (0.67) 9.57 167 0.000*
I know what health resources are available on the Internet 4.48 (0.59) 3.65 (0.61) 8.95 167 0.000*
I know where to find helpful health resources on the Internet 4.48 (0.56) 3.54 (0.70) 9.63 167 0.000*
I know how to find helpful health resources on the Internet 4.49 (0.57) 3.70 (0.65) 8.39 167 0.000*
I know how to use the Internet to answer my questions about health 4.54 (0.62) 3.79 (0.64) 7.73 167 0.000*
I know how to use the health information I find on the Internet to help me 4.53 (0.60) 3.87 (0.51) 7.63 167 0.000*
I have the skills I need to evaluate the health resources I find on the Internet 4.45 (0.71) 3.55 (0.73) 8.06 167 0.000*
I can tell high-quality health resources from low-quality health resources on the Internet 4.35 (0.685) 3.02 (0.82) 11.43 167 0.000*
I feel confident in using information from the Internet to make health decisions 4.34 (0.825) 3.08 (0.76) 10.28 167 0.000*

Note: SD: Standard Deviation; M: Mean; *p value < 0.001.