The Relationship Between E-Health Literacy Level and Obtaining and Verifying Health Information from Digital Media Behaviours in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Public Hospital Example

Aim: This research was conducted to examine the relationship between the e-health literacy level and obtaining and verifying health information from digital media behaviours in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a training and research hospital (n=251). Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, e-Health Literacy Scale and Verifying Health Information from Digital Media Scale. Descriptive analyses, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, and correlation analyses were used to evaluate the data. Results: The average age of individuals with type 2 diabetes in the hospital where this study was conducted is 61.17±12.40. In this study, the mean age of individuals with type 2 diabetes was 61.17±12.40. Type 2 diabetic individuals were found to have low e-health literacy (mean=16.78, SD=10.61), obtaining health information from digital media (mean=4.82, SD=2.70), and low confirmation level (mean=4.98, SD=2.62). A positive strong relationship was found between obtaining health information via e-health literacy (r=0.758), digital health information (r=0.759), and digital confirmation (r=0.537) (p