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Behavioral Surveillance for Population and Public Health Informatics (75) Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (1271) eHealth Literacy / Digital Literacy (857) Information Seeking, Information Needs (646) Internet Access and Digital Technology Use in an Elderly Population (584)

Published on in Vol 18 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/77557, first published .
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Online Health Information–Seeking Among Older Adults and Predictors of Use, Motivations, and Barriers in the Context of Healthy Aging: Cross-Sectional Study

Online Health Information–Seeking Among Older Adults and Predictors of Use, Motivations, and Barriers in the Context of Healthy Aging: Cross-Sectional Study

Authors of this article:

Yves Bachofner1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alexander Seifert2 Author Orcid Image ;   Samin Sepahniya1 Author Orcid Image ;   Carlo Fabian1 Author Orcid Image
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  1. van der Vaart R, Tuitert I, van 't Veer J, Drossaert C. Validation of the Updated Digital Health Literacy Instrument and Development of a Short Form: Online Survey Study of the General Population. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2026;28:e86879 View
  2. Fang Z, Zhao Z, Cao X. Perceived cognitive slowing and online health information seeking among older adults: motivational beliefs as pathways and community IT culture as a buffer. Frontiers in Public Health 2026;14 View