Internet access and use for health information and its association with health outcomes in older adults in 30 countries.
Background Older adults, as a vulnerable population, typically show lower engagement with eHealth technologies. Limited internet access and low use for health information may contribute to poorer health outcomes. Objectives The purposes of this study were to examine differences in socio-demographics...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 1 - 9 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=185631114&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 185631114 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2025 vid: 54 iid: 5 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 185631114 10.1093/ageing/afaf131 ppf: 1 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Internet access and use for health information and its association with health outcomes in older adults in 30 countries. aug: au: Yen, Hsin-Yen Huang, Hao-Yun affil: Taipei Medical University, College of Nursing, School of Gerontology and Long-term Care, Taipei, Taiwan Mater Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia su: Internet access Lifestyles Cross-sectional method Health literacy Health status indicators Health attitudes Health Internet Information resources Health behavior Sociodemographic factors Health promotion Access to information Information-seeking behavior Old age Secondary analysis Digital health Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Internet access Lifestyles Cross-sectional method Health literacy Health status indicators Health attitudes Health Internet Information resources Health behavior Sociodemographic factors Health promotion Access to information Information-seeking behavior Old age Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Wired Telecommunications Carriers Secondary analysis Digital health Descriptive statistics keyword: eHealth eHealth literacy health promotion health technology older people online health information eHealth eHealth literacy health promotion health technology older people online health information ab: Background Older adults, as a vulnerable population, typically show lower engagement with eHealth technologies. Limited internet access and low use for health information may contribute to poorer health outcomes. Objectives The purposes of this study were to examine differences in socio-demographics and compare healthy lifestyles, health statuses and attitudes toward online health information among different groups of internet access and use for health information. Design This cross-sectional study utilised secondary data from the International Social Survey Programme. Methods A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from May 2023 to April 2024. Respondents were divided into three groups: 22.02% in a No-Access group (no internet access), 28.75% in a Non-User group (have access but do not use it for health information), and 49.22% in a User group (have access and use it for health information). In total, 14 008 respondents aged over 60 years from 30 countries were selected. Results Groups were significantly associated with most sociodemographic factors, with the educational level showing the strongest effect size in both access/no-access and users/non-users comparisons. Older adults in the No-Access group had lower frequencies of healthy lifestyles and worse health statuses, while those in the User group had higher frequencies of healthy lifestyles, better health statuses, and positive attitudes toward online health information. Conclusions Promoting a digitally inclusive environment is essential for enhancing internet access and use among older adults to support healthier lifestyles and improved health statuses. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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