Online Health Information-Seeking Among Older Women With Chronic Illness: Analysis of the Women's Health Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding how older patients with chronic illnesses use the internet to obtain health information is relevant for the design of digital interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of adults aged 65 years and older; this cohort represents the sickest, most expensive, and fastest-growing segment of the US population.

Objective

The objective of our study was to describe online health information-seeking behavior among older patients with chronic illnesses and to compare the characteristics of patients who report using the internet to obtain health information with those who do not.

Methods

The study population included 72,806 women aged 65 years and older enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a national cohort study, who completed

SUBMITTER: Sedrak MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319595 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature