Uses of Internet and Mobile Technology in Health Systems for the Elderly: A Case Study of Hong Kong

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Title

Uses of Internet and Mobile Technology in Health Systems for the Elderly: A Case Study of Hong Kong

Subject

Mobile device
elderly
Health system
Hong Kong

Description

To investigate the impact of training the elderly to use the Internet and mobile computer devices in order to become more active in their health care. This study utilized semi-structured interviews and surveys. Five themes emerged from the interviews that described participants' motivations and barriers they experienced when using the mobile devices and Internet. Survey data revealed that levels of computer anxiety decreased and levels of efficacy increasing after training. Conclusion: Training the elderly to use the Internet lowered levels of computer anxiety. In addition, participants used the information retrieved from the Internet to become more active in their own health care.

Creator

Lam, Sanches
Chung, Winnie

Source

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 4 No. 2 (2010); pp. 40-47
1865-7923

Publisher

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

Date

2010-03-25

Rights

Copyright (c) 2017 Sanches Lam, Winnie Chung

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Identifier

Citation

Sanches Lam and Winnie Chung, Uses of Internet and Mobile Technology in Health Systems for the Elderly: A Case Study of Hong Kong, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2010, accessed November 6, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/944

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