The Prevalence and Predictors of Digital Proxy Behavior in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Informal access practices are widespread and pose potential risks to vulnerable adults. Although most proxies used formal access when available, a significant portion have used insecure, informal methods. Policymakers and system designers should aim to promote secure, user-friendly proxy features and balance access with monitoring mechanisms that balance usability, privacy, and abuse prevention.
Authors
- Pavithren V. S. Pakianathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-3658)
- Gerald Choon‐Huat Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6453-6897)
- Pin Sym Foong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4437-8326)
- Camellia Zakaria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4520-9783)
- Andrew Ian-Hong Phua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-0426)
Institutions
- SingHealth (SG)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (AT)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Age Research (AT)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- National University Health System (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-06-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/69806
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20