Table 5 Multiple regression: Association of eHealth literacy (eHL), perceived health status (PHS) and psychological distress (PD) in Sweden older adults with Socio-demographic variables as control or covariates. Dependent variables for Model 1 and 2 is eHL and for model 3 it is PD. Independent variable for Model 1 is PHS, Model 2 is PD and Model 3 in interaction of eHL and PHS

Age

-0.03

0.007\(^{*}\)

-0.04

0.001\(^{*}\)

-0.02

0.337

Gender Women

0.32

0.043\(^{*}\)

0.41

0.01\(^{*}\)

0.75

0.001\(^{*}\)

Education Secondary Higher

0.20 0.43

0.406 0.076

0.08 0.31

0.74 0.19

-0.69 -0.59

0.033 0.072

Living condition

0.02

0.89

-0.10

0.57

-0.73

0.002\(^{*}\)

Economic status

0.19

0.40

0.36

031

1.04

0.035\(^{*}\)

Infected with COVID-19

0.54

0.27

0.54

0.27

0.03

0.834

Infected family or friends with COVID-19

0.09

0.54

0.12

0.45

0.17

0.435

Perceived Health status

Poor

Ref.

Good

0.33

0.07

Psychological distress

-0.14

0.002\(^{*}\)

eHL x PHS

Poor PHS

-0.01

0.34

Good PHS

-0.30

0.002\(^{*}\)

R2

0.16

0.14

0.19

Adjusted R2

0.07

0.11

0.16

p-value

0.001

0.0001

\(< 0.0001\)