Trajectories and Influencing Factors of Online Health Information–Seeking Behaviors Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study
Both quantitative and qualitative findings clarified the developmental process of OHISB among older adults in communities and the important effects of DHL, TA, and risk perception on OHISB. Although self-efficacy, health anxiety, self-perceived aging, social support, and health care environment were not addressed in the quantitative study, they emerged as important factors shaping older adults' OHISB in qualitative interviews. Personalized intervention measures should target various OHISB trajectory characteristics and their influencing factors to enhance the health conditions of community-dwelling older adults.
Authors
- Cuiping Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8933-6798)
- Yingying Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-0593)
- Qian Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7843-6079)
- Ting Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2119-665X)
- Hui Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7589-8334)
- Yanan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9661-4587)
- Xiaolong Bu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1445-6291)
- Qun Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1941-5481)
Institutions
- Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University (CN)
- Taishan University (CN)
- Marine Biology Institute of Shandong Province (CN)
- Taian City Central Hospital (CN)
- Shandong First Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/77549
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.18