Modelling and Predicting eHealth Usage in Europe: A Multidimensional Approach From an Online Survey of 13,000 European Union Internet Users.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More advanced methods and models are needed to evaluate the participation of patients and citizens in the shared health care model that eHealth proposes.

Objective

The goal of our study was to design and evaluate a predictive multidimensional model of eHealth usage.

Methods

We used 2011 survey data from a sample of 13,000 European citizens aged 16-74 years who had used the Internet in the previous 3 months. We proposed and tested an eHealth usage composite indicator through 2-stage structural equation modelling with latent variables and measurement errors. Logistic regression (odds ratios, ORs) to model the predictors of eHealth usage was calculated using health status and sociodemographic independent variables.

Results

The dimensions with more expla

SUBMITTER: Torrent-Sellens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4975796 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature