Table 1

- Reliability results of the variables related to the research model.

Variables	Scale items	Factor load	Cronbach’s Alpha	rho_A	Composite reliability	AVE
Interaction with others	PES7	0.744	0.857	0.865	0.858	0.550
	PES10	0.727
	PES16	0.609
	PES26	0.835
	PES33	0.774
Understanding information	HLS6	0.811	0.929	0.932	0.928	0.651
	HLS7	0.736
	HLS8	0.760
	HLS9	0.815
	HLS10	0.751
	HLS11	0.822
	HLS12	0.935
Access to information	HLS1	0.833	0.925	0.926	0.925	0.711
	HLS2	0.864
	HLS3	0.898
	HLS4	0.803
	HLS5	0.814
Recognition and comprehension	PES8	0.754	0.909	0.912	0.908	0.555
	PES11	0.721
	PES15	0.667
	PES19	0.747
	PES22	0.708
	PES30	0.883
	PES34	0.677
	PES36	0.779
Appraisal/evaluation	HLS13	0.773	0.930	0.931	0.930	0.624
	HLS14	0.769
	HLS15	0.787
	HLS16	0.804
	HLS17	0.697
	HLS18	0.774
	HLS19	0.832
	HLS20	0.870
Digital verification	SHIAV7	0.757	0.908	0.913	0.908	0.712
	SHIAV8	0.804
	SHIAV9	0.929
	SHIAV10	0.874
Decision-making	PES1	0.747	0.878	0.882	0.878	0.509
	PES2	0.622
	PES4	0.673
	PES18	0.641
	PES21	0.717
	PES24	0.774
	PES27	0.800
Identity/identicalness	PES6	0.793	0.922	0.925	0.922	0.570
	PES12	0.637
	PES14	0.691
	PES20	0.791
	PES23	0.807
	PES25	0.742
	PES29	0.829
	PES32	0.730
	PES37	0.757
Self-control	PES3	0.707	0.884	0.887	0.883	0.520
	PES5	0.802
	PES9	0.613
	PES13	0.648
	PES17	0.714
	PES28	0.784
	PES35	0.757
Application/use	HLS21	0.852	0.877	0.886	0.878	0.592
	HLS22	0.798
	HLS23	0.629
	HLS24	0.718
	HLS25	0.829
Web 1.0 and health information acquisition	SHIAV1	0.799	0.840	0.844	0.841	0.638
	SHIAV2	0.853
	SHIAV3	0.741
Web 2.0 and health information acquisition	SHIAV5	0.627	0.721	0.786	0.745	0.601
Web 2.0 and health information acquisition	SHIAV6	0.900	0.721	0.786	0.745	0.601

AVE: average variance extracted, PES: patient empowerment scale, HLS: health literacy scale, SHIAV: scale for health information acquisition and verification