Older adults' preferences for Internet‐based services: Type and content.
Objective(s): The aim of this paper was to report on qualitative survey responses provided by older Australian adults regarding their preferences for Internet‐based services and content. Methods: Two qualitative questions ('What type of Internet‐based mental health and well‐being (1) services, and (...
| Published in: | Australasian Journal on Ageing Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 780 - 786 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=174515324&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 174515324 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14406381 GTC jtl: Australasian Journal on Ageing issn: 14406381 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 42 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 174515324 162987880 174515324 174515324 10.1111/ajag.13201 174515324 ppf: 780 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Older adults' preferences for Internet‐based services: Type and content. aug: au: Klein, Britt Shandley, Kerrie McLaren, Suzanne Clinnick, Lisa affil: Health Innovation and Transformation Centre, Federation University Australia, Mt Helen Victoria,, Australia sug: subj: Decision Making In Old Age Internet Economics Social Media Human Australia Australia Male Female Aged Aged, 80 and Over Descriptive Statistics Thematic Analysis Qualitative Studies Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Objective(s): The aim of this paper was to report on qualitative survey responses provided by older Australian adults regarding their preferences for Internet‐based services and content. Methods: Two qualitative questions ('What type of Internet‐based mental health and well‐being (1) services, and (2) content would be of most interest to you?') from a broader survey investigating the mental and physical health of older Australians were thematically analysed for commonly occurring themes. Eighty‐nine participants aged 65 years or older (mean age = 71 years, SD = 5.30) responded to at least one qualitative question. Participants were primarily female (60%, n = 53), born in Australia (65%, n = 58), in a relationship (58%, n = 52), living in the community (79%, n = 70) and relatively well educated, with the majority having completed a university degree (38%, n = 34). Results: Themes indicated that participants were most interested in Facebook‐style services (n = 17), chat groups (n = 16) and email‐based services (n = 4) designed specifically for older adults (n = 14). However, some concerns were raised regarding the trustworthiness of Internet‐based services, with the largest proportion of participants (n = 22) noting that they were unlikely to use Internet‐ or social media‐based services. The primary content‐related themes were mental fitness (n = 34), grief and loss (n = 20), health information (n = 13), socialisation (n = 11) and physical fitness (n = 10). Conclusions: Participants indicated interest in tailor‐made Facebook‐style services for older adults that allow them to communicate with their peers and create new social networks and incorporate content relating to strategies for working on mental and physical fitness, information on coping with grief and loss, as well as health information. These findings can be used by organisations to develop Internet‐based services and content for older Australian adults. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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