Computer and online health information literacy among Belgrade citizens aged 66-89 years.
Computer users over 65 years of age in Serbia are rare. The purpose of this study was to (i) describe main demographic characteristics of computer users older than 65; (ii) evaluate their online health information literacy and (iii) assess factors associated with computer use in this population. Per...
| Published in: | Health Promotion International Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 335 - 344 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=115317079&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 115317079 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09574824 F9Y jtl: Health Promotion International issn: 09574824 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2016 vid: 31 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 115317079 115317079 115317079 10.1093/heapro/dau106 115317079 ppf: 335 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Computer and online health information literacy among Belgrade citizens aged 66-89 years. aug: au: Gazibara, Tatjana Kurtagic, Ilma Kisic-Tepavcevic, Darija Nurkovic, Selmina Kovacevic, Nikolina Gazibara, Teodora Pekmezovic, Tatjana affil: Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, Belgrade 11000, Serbia sug: subj: Computer Literacy Evaluation Online Services Serbia Health Promotion Aged Aged, 80 and Over Age Factors Computers and Computerization Technology Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio Health Care Delivery Evaluation Data Collection Questionnaires Physicians, Family Data Analysis Mann-Whitney U Test Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Male Female Marriage Employment Comorbidity Prescribing Patterns Funding Source Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Computer users over 65 years of age in Serbia are rare. The purpose of this study was to (i) describe main demographic characteristics of computer users older than 65; (ii) evaluate their online health information literacy and (iii) assess factors associated with computer use in this population. Persons above 65 years of age were recruited at the Community Health Center 'Vracar' in Belgrade from November 2012 to January 2013. Data were collected after medical checkups using a questionnaire. Of 480 persons who were invited to participate 354 (73.7%) agreed to participate, while 346 filled in the questionnaire (72.1%). A total of 70 (20.2%) older persons were computer users (23.4% males vs. 17.7% females). Of those, 23.7% explored health-related web sites. The majority of older persons who do not use computers reported that they do not have a reason to use a computer (76.5%), while every third senior (30.4%) did not own a computer. Predictors of computer use were being younger [odds ratio (OR) = 2.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.30-4.04; p = 0.019], having less members of household (OR = 2.97, 95% CI 1.45-6.08; p = 0.003), being more educated (OR = 3.53, 95% CI 1.88-6.63; p=0.001), having higher income (OR = 2.31, 95% CI 1.17-4.58; p = 0.016) as well as fewer comorbidities (OR = 0.42, 95% CI 0.23-0.79; p= 0.007). Being male was independent predictor of online health information use at the level of marginal significance (OR = 4.43, 95% CI 1.93-21.00; p = 0.061). Frequency of computer and Internet use among older adults in Belgrade is similar to other populations. Patterns of Internet use as well as non-use demonstrate particular socio-cultural characteristics. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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