Older adults' health information behavior in everyday life settings

Choi, Wonchan

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2019.100983

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“…(Female, These findings are highly consistent with the study of Jarvis et al (2020), which found that most older people had mobile phones, although smartphone ownership was low and the desire for family communication and ease of use were the main drivers of mobile phone acquisition. Additionally, the findings are consistent with Choi's (2019) work, which revealed that interpersonal sources, such as care providers, family members and friends, were the most reliable information sources used by elderly people.…”

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“…In an attempt to investigate health information behaviour in the everyday life settings of older adults, Choi (2019) interviewed 21 older adults in the USA using Savolainen's everyday life information seeking model. The interview data revealed that, with the exception of health-care providers, a spouse or partner was cited as a reliable interpersonal source of health information among elderly people in a marital or romantic relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The information needs and behaviour of the Egyptian elderly living in care homes: An exploratory study

Mansour

2021

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the information-seeking behaviour of the Egyptian elderly, including their information needs. A sample of 63 elderly people living in care homes was taken. It was divided into five focus groups. Of the 63 elderly people, 40 were men (63.5%) and 23 women (36.5%). Almost half (47.6%) ranged in aged from 61 to 70. About a quarter (23%) of them held a high school diploma. The highest percentage (28.6%) was labelled as average-income people. The highest percentage (60.3%) was also found to be widows or widowers. The types of information used most by the Egyptian elderly related to physical, medical/health, social, rational and recreational needs. Their information sources varied between formal and informal sources. Nearly two-thirds (63.5%) of them showed that limited knowledge, lack of interest, poor information awareness, aging, loneliness and health problems were the most significant obstacles they faced when seeking information.

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confidence: 89%

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The information needs and behaviour of the Egyptian elderly living in care homes: An exploratory study

Mansour

2021

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“…In the middle segment, the researcher asked main interview questions about (i) older adultsʼ health information needs in their everyday lives, (ii) interpersonal and online sources they used to gather necessary health information, and (iii) credibility cues and heuristics they employed to assess the credibility of health information on the Internet. Findings regarding the first two sets of questions on older adultsʼ health information needs and sources used in their health information seeking were reported elsewhere (Choi, 2019); the present article reports the findings regarding the third set of questions on older adultsʼ credibility assessment of web-based health information resources.…”

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Older adultsʼ credibility assessment of online health information: An exploratory study using an extended typology of web credibility

Choi

2020

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Credibility assessment is a crucial component in the process of peopleʼs health information seeking, especially in the web context. Finding "credible" health information from a plethora of information on the web may be more challenging for older adults, who have relatively less experience with the Internet. This article reports on the findings of an exploratory study of older adultsʼ credibility assessments of online health information. The data collected through semistructured interviews with 21 older adult Internet users in the United States were analyzed based on the extended typology of web credibility (Choi & Stvilia, 2015, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66, 2399-2414). The findings of the study revealed that older adults paid closer attention to operator-related credibility cues and heuristics when judging the credibility of health information on the web, followed by contentand design-related ones. Also, the findings suggest that participants who were younger and used the Internet more frequently employed a wider variety of cues and heuristics to evaluate the credibility of online health information. Based on these findings, both theoretical and practical implications of the research and future research directions are discussed.

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“…Active health information seeking is related to an adequate level of health literacy among older adults, which enables them to find and comprehend health information (Cutilli et al, 2018;Jeong & Kim, 2016). Actively sharing health information with others, especially close contacts (e.g., spouses, partners, family), is related to having an optimistic rather than pessimistic attitude toward problem solving (Choi, 2019).…”

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Associations between mastery of life and everyday life information‐seeking behavior among older adults: Analysis of the Pew Research Center's information engaged and information wary survey data

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Park

Lee

2021

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Given the aging world, it is important to understand older adults' everyday life information seeking (ELIS), which plays a vital role in healthy aging in later life. The present study analyzed national survey data collected by the Pew Research Center in 2016 based on Savolainen's ELIS model. The model's core concept, mastery of life, was measured in terms of general coping style to find information (cognitive vs. affective) and expectations about the findability of necessary information (optimistic vs. pessimistic). Weighted multiregression analyses were conducted to examine the associations between mastery of life and ELIS behavior of older Americans (65 years or older) in terms of breath and depth of interest in everyday topics, holding other sociocultural and demographic factors constant. The results showed a cognitive, as opposed to affective, coping style was associated with a wider range of ELIS topics and a deeper level of interest in political and cultural topics. However, whether an individual had an optimistic or pessimistic perspective toward information seeking was not associated with the variety or depth of interest in everyday topics. Neither dimension was related to the depth of interest in sports topics.Practical, theoretical, and methodological implications of the findings are provided.

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Older adults' health information behavior in everyday life settings

Cited by 15 publications

References 36 publications

The information needs and behaviour of the Egyptian elderly living in care homes: An exploratory study

The information needs and behaviour of the Egyptian elderly living in care homes: An exploratory study

Older adultsʼ credibility assessment of online health information: An exploratory study using an extended typology of web credibility

Associations between mastery of life and everyday life information‐seeking behavior among older adults: Analysis of the Pew Research Center's information engaged and information wary survey data

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