Digital divide as a determinant of health in the U.S. older adults: prevalence, trends, and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid development of digital technologies has fundamentally changed the care for older adults. However, not all older adults have equal opportunities to access and use the technologies, more importantly, be able to benefit from the technologies. We aimed to explore (1) the prevalence and the trend in the prevalence of digital divide in older adults, including digital access gap, digital use gap (specifically, using digital technologies for health commutation [e-communication gap]), and self-efficacy in information seeking gap (cognitive gap); (2) sociodemographic factors related to three perspectives of digital divide; and (3) the association between digital divide and self-rated health (exploratory).

Methods

Adults aged 65 years or older (N = 5,671, weighted

SUBMITTER: Yang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662839 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature