Perceived Risk and Benefits of Online Health Information Among Parents in Malaysia

Abstract

In the last decade, studies show that the use of the Internet to access health -related information is rapidly increasing, despite the questionable quality of health information provided on various online sources. Searching for health -related information is often aimed at self-healing or self-improvement of health quality and improving the health quality of other people in our care, such as our children or other family members. Despite the increased

Correlates of Older Adults’ E-Health Information-Seeking Behaviors

“…The Perceived Barriers to the e-Health Information Seeking Psychological scale with 7 items [19] and the Perceived Barriers to the Internet Use scale [17], which included 9 items, were used to assess barriers to e-HISB. We removed duplicate items and measured the following: (1) low e-health literacy, (2) information overload, (3) conflicting information, (4) physical age-related problems, (5) distrust of online information, (6) fear of technology, (7) inadequate design of websites for older adults, and (8) Internet access.…”