Canadian Older Adults' Intention to Use an Electronic Decision Aid for Housing Decisions: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults with disabilities such as loss of autonomy face the decision of whether to stay at home or move to a health care facility such as a nursing home. Therefore, they may need support for this difficult decision.

Objective

We assessed the intention of Canadian older adults to use an electronic decision aid (eDA) to make housing decisions and identified the factors that influenced their intention.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using a web-based survey targeting older adults across 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories. We included respondents from a web-based panel who were aged ≥65 years, understood English or French, had access to an electronic device with an internet connection, and had made a housing decision over the past few mo

SUBMITTER: Fakhfakh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947828 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature