Older adults in the digital health era: insights on the digital health related knowledge, habits and attitudes of the 65 year and older population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased internet use by older age groups to an unprecedented level in Hungary mirroring the general tendency in the total population. Nevertheless, international trends indicate that this group is less likely to use digital health technologies than younger ones. The aging population raises the question of successfully integrating elderly people into the digital health ecosystem. Our research aim is to investigate the digital health usage patterns and attitudes of the population aged 65 and over through a representative sample.

Methods

A national representative questionnaire survey was conducted by telephone (CATI), interviewing 1723 respondents. Within this sample we examined 428 people in the over-65 age group, 246 in the 65-74 age gro

SUBMITTER: Gyorffy Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683351 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature