Malaysian older persons' perceptions about falls and their desired educational website characteristics: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Falls is a common and debilitating condition among the older population, intensifying the need to educate older persons about falls. Technology advancement enables effective and efficient delivery of falls education to the older population. However, there is paucity of information on the perception of Malaysian older population on falls and their preferred website characteristics such as font size, design, layout, colour, navigation, and use of graphics or videos. Physiological changes in vision, cognition and psychomotor skills can affect how the older persons use the website. As Malaysia is a multicultural country, the needs of the website characteristics and falls perception of older persons may differ greatly. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of the older persons ab

SUBMITTER: Ng CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262233 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature