The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Usability Evaluation of a Unique Evidence-Based Health Information Website.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly, older adults and their informal caregivers are using the Internet to search for health-related information. There is a proliferation of health information online, but the quality of this information varies, often based on exaggerated or dramatic findings, and not easily comprehended by consumers. The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (Portal) was developed to provide Internet users with high-quality evidence about aging and address some of these current limitations of health information posted online. The Portal includes content for health professionals coming from three best-in-class resources (MacPLUS, Health Evidence, and Health Systems Evidence) and four types of content specifically prepared for the general public (Evidence Summaries, Web Resource Ratings,

SUBMITTER: Barbara AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4880743 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature