What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany

Sabine Theis; Dajana Schäfer; Katharina Schäfer; Peter Rasche; Matthias Wille; Nicole Jochems; Alexander Mertens

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96077-7_55

What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany

Sabine Theis, Dajana Schäfer, Katharina Schäfer, Peter Rasche, Matthias Wille, Nicole Jochems, Alexander Mertens

Institute of Multimedia and Interactive Systems

RWTH Aachen University

Abstract

Deep understanding of users' needs is crucial for developing successful digital health technology. At the beginning of system development, it is thus important to analyze and specify the context of use within the users-centered development process. Knowing what patients need to know about their health and which information sources they apply to find those, bears implications for personal health ICT conveying health information to the elderly patient. Present results from a survey on health information need and seeking behaviour of Nthinspace=thinspace551 older adults in Germany suggest that older adults are fairly satisfied with the information they get, indicating a low need to acquire health information. Higher health information need corresponds with a larger amount of health apps installed on older adults tablet PC and with the usage of smartwatches and apps in general. Finally, results support the theoretical influence of demographic variables. Here, educational attainment significantly revealed to be a main influence on information need.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018)
Editors	Sebastiano Bagnara, Riccardo Tartaglia, Sara Albolino, Thomas Alexander, Yushi Fujita
Number of pages	10
Volume	822
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publication date	07.08.2018
Pages	516-525
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-96076-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-96077-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96077-7_55
Publication status	Published - 07.08.2018
Event	20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association - Florence, Italy Duration: 26.08.2018 → 30.08.2018

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Theis, S., Schäfer, D., Schäfer, K., Rasche, P., Wille, M., Jochems, N., & Mertens, A. (2018). What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany. In S. Bagnara, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, & Y. Fujita (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) (Vol. 822, pp. 516-525). ( Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 822). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96077-7_55

Theis, Sabine ; Schäfer, Dajana ; Schäfer, Katharina et al. / What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany. Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). editor / Sebastiano Bagnara ; Riccardo Tartaglia ; Sara Albolino ; Thomas Alexander ; Yushi Fujita. Vol. 822 Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018. pp. 516-525 ( Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Theis, S, Schäfer, D, Schäfer, K, Rasche, P, Wille, M, Jochems, N & Mertens, A 2018, What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany. in S Bagnara, R Tartaglia, S Albolino, T Alexander & Y Fujita (eds), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). vol. 822, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 822, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 516-525, 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Florence, Italy, 26.08.18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96077-7_55

What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany. / Theis, Sabine; Schäfer, Dajana; Schäfer, Katharina et al.
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). ed. / Sebastiano Bagnara; Riccardo Tartaglia; Sara Albolino; Thomas Alexander; Yushi Fujita. Vol. 822 Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 516-525 ( Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 822).

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Theis S, Schäfer D, Schäfer K, Rasche P, Wille M, Jochems N et al. What Do You Need to Know to Stay Healthy? -- Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Germany. In Bagnara S, Tartaglia R, Albolino S, Alexander T, Fujita Y, editors, Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). Vol. 822. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2018. p. 516-525. ( Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96077-7_55

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