TY - GEN
T1 - Older Icelanders’ Experience of Barriers to Health Information
T2 - 8th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022
AU - Pálsdóttir, Ágústa
N1 - Funding Information: The research project was supported by the University of Iceland Research Fund. Funding Information: The research project was supported by the University of Iceland Research Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - The aim of the study is to examine the perceived barriers to health information among people at the age 60 years or older in Iceland. The following questions were asked: 1) What barriers do older adults experience in relation to information about healthy living? 2) How do the perceived barriers relate to their age group, sex, and education? The data was gathered by a telephone survey using a random sample of 300 people aged 60 years or older, the response rate was 42%. Information barriers were measured by a total of 10 questions. The participants were divided into two groups, people who are aged 60–67 years and those who are 68 years and older, and the interaction of age and education on the experience of barriers examined for each group. The results indicate that the participants experience of barriers were primarily related to beliefs about the availability of information, the ability to seek and find it, and the capability to interpret and understand information. Deciding what information can be trusted was not considered to be a hindrance. The experience of barriers varied by age and education, with people in the older age group being less likely to be confronted with hindrances than people in the younger group. In addition, in both age groups people with university education experienced higher barriers than people with secondary or primary education. The results and possible explanations are discussed in the article.
AB - The aim of the study is to examine the perceived barriers to health information among people at the age 60 years or older in Iceland. The following questions were asked: 1) What barriers do older adults experience in relation to information about healthy living? 2) How do the perceived barriers relate to their age group, sex, and education? The data was gathered by a telephone survey using a random sample of 300 people aged 60 years or older, the response rate was 42%. Information barriers were measured by a total of 10 questions. The participants were divided into two groups, people who are aged 60–67 years and those who are 68 years and older, and the interaction of age and education on the experience of barriers examined for each group. The results indicate that the participants experience of barriers were primarily related to beliefs about the availability of information, the ability to seek and find it, and the capability to interpret and understand information. Deciding what information can be trusted was not considered to be a hindrance. The experience of barriers varied by age and education, with people in the older age group being less likely to be confronted with hindrances than people in the younger group. In addition, in both age groups people with university education experienced higher barriers than people with secondary or primary education. The results and possible explanations are discussed in the article.
KW - Age
KW - Education
KW - Health information barriers
KW - Older adults
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85133257510
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_39
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_39
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783031055805
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 567
EP - 583
BT - Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance - 8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings
A2 - Gao, Qin
A2 - Zhou, Jia
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 26 June 2022 through 1 July 2022
ER -