Refined Analysis of Older eHealth Users From an Agency Perspective: Quantitative Telephone Interview Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies on the eHealth divide among older people have compared users to nonusers and found that age, gender, and education were associated with eHealth misuse. They assumed that these characteristics were structural barriers to eHealth adoption. Furthermore, eHealth practices have been examined in a narrow and incomplete way, and the studies disagree about the association between health conditions and eHealth use. Using a more dynamic theoretical lens, we investigated the potential motivations driving older adults' agential adoption of eHealth practices despite their advanced age.

Objective

This study aimed to obtain a complete and detailed description of eHealth uses among older adults; examine whether demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and edu

SUBMITTER: Brainin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173039 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature