کشف فرایند جستجوی اطلاعات بهداشتی آنلاین در سالمندان و آزمون الگوی پدیدار شده شکل گیری رفتار مرتبط: یک مطالعه ترکیبی اکتشافی متوالی

مجریان: حمید اله وردی پور , شهرزاد حجازی بازرگان

خلاصه روش اجرا: Abstract (250-300 words) A growing number of individuals search for health information on the Internet. However, the older adult segment of the population (i.e., individuals 65 years and older) compared to their counterparts in younger age categories may not experience similar health/information seeking behaviour. Understanding why and how online health information seeking is initiated facilitated, and what factors preserve its continuity is important in advancing the older adult population’s health literacy, health decision-making, and patient-practitioner communication. The aims of this sequential exploratory mixed method study are as follow: 1) to explore what factors help to initiate, enable, and preserves the continuity of online health information seeking in older adult individuals (qualitative phase of the study), and 2) to determine the relations between the emerging structures in online health information seeking model in the elderly (quantitative section). In the first phase of the study, we will adopt a qualitative methodology using a grounded theory approach. We will conduct elicitation interviews with older adults who have experienced with searching online health information. Participants will be selected by purposive and theoretical sampling. We will analyze the qualitative data using methodology offered by Strauss and Corbin (2008) (1). In the second phase of study 312 older adults who meet the study inclusion criteria, including evidence of using online health information, will be randomly selected in two stages by cluster sampling. Data will be collected via a self-administered questionnaire. In addition to using descriptive and bivariate analyses, adjusted logistic regression models and structural equation modelling will be used to analyze the quantitative data, using STATA and MPLUS software.