Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks
Internet use is increasingly a necessity. However, older adults may not use the internet due to either nonhealth reasons (e.g., lack of digital literacy or internet access) or health-related reasons (e.g., visual impairment or movement difficulties). While researchers have studied internet use among...
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| description | Internet use is increasingly a necessity. However, older adults may not use the internet due to either nonhealth reasons (e.g., lack of digital literacy or internet access) or health-related reasons (e.g., visual impairment or movement difficulties). While researchers have studied internet use among older adults, most do not discriminate whether nonuse is due to health-related reasons or otherwise. We therefore examine the key correlates of health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults, and how it may affect the quality of life (QoL) through their perceived social support networks. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1594752022-06-21T05:58:56Z Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks Ang, Shannon Lim, Emily Malhotra, Rahul School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Sociology Health-Related Difficulty Internet Use Internet use is increasingly a necessity. However, older adults may not use the internet due to either nonhealth reasons (e.g., lack of digital literacy or internet access) or health-related reasons (e.g., visual impairment or movement difficulties). While researchers have studied internet use among older adults, most do not discriminate whether nonuse is due to health-related reasons or otherwise. We therefore examine the key correlates of health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults, and how it may affect the quality of life (QoL) through their perceived social support networks. Transitions in Health, Employment, Social Engagement and Inter-Generational Transfers in Singapore (THE SIGNS) Study, Wave 1, was supported by Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) under the agreement number MOH-NUS RL2015-053. 2022-06-21T05:40:33Z 2022-06-21T05:40:33Z 2021 Journal Article Ang, S., Lim, E. & Malhotra, R. (2021). Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks. The Gerontologist, 61(5), 693-702. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa096 0016-9013 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159475 10.1093/geront/gnaa096 32744310 2-s2.0-85112124646 5 61 693 702 en The Gerontologist © 2020 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Sociology Health-Related Difficulty Internet Use Ang, Shannon Lim, Emily Malhotra, Rahul Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| title | Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| title_full | Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| title_fullStr | Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| title_short | Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| title_sort | health related difficulty in internet use among older adults correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks |
| topic | Social sciences::Sociology Health-Related Difficulty Internet Use |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159475 |
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