Factors influencing daily life information searching behaviors in elderly people
10.3969/j.issn.1671-3982.2014.06.015
- VernacularTitle:不同养老模式下老人日常生活信息查询行为的影响因素
- Author:
Wei QIANG
;
Jia MA
;
Chuanqin ZHANG
;
Yixiong ZHANG
;
Li LI
;
Jingjing ZHANG
;
Xiaosu YANG
;
Xiaoping LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Information searching behavior;
Information need;
Information searching ability;
aged people;
Old-age service model;
Central region;
Influencing factor
- From:Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science
2014;(6):58-60,81
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the factors influencing the daily life information searching behaviors in elderly people receiving different old-age services.Methods The factors influencing the daily life information searching behaviors in 1178 elderly people with their age >60 years receiving different old-age services in the central region of China were investigated with questionnaire and assessed according to self-designed daily life information search-ing scale .Results The total score of daily life information searching behaviors in elderly people receiving home-, community-and institution-based old-age service was 62 .63 ±13 .13 , 65 .16 ±13 .37 ,and 57 .84 ±11 .98 , respec-tively.Age, health state, education level, body factors, insufficient equipments, and information search ability were the factors influencing the daily life information searching behaviors in elderly people .Conclusion Old-age service should be strengthened and the daily life information searching ability of elderly people should be improved according to the factors that influence their daily life information searching behaviors .
