On-line health seeking activity of older adults: an integrative review of the literature

In the modern digital era healthcare is seeing increasing use of on-line information from the internet despite the variance in its quality and trustworthiness.1 On-line information is being increasingly used to promote patient self-management and enhance communication between health professionals and patients. There is evidence that people are using health information on the internet to make decisions about their health and in self-diagnosis, which may or may not lead them onto seeing a health professional.

Source: Geriatric Nursing - November 30, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Susan Waterworth, Michelle Honey Source Type: research