Factors associated with change in Internet usage of Swedish older adults (2004-2010)

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-162

  Berner, Jessica S ^a   Rennemark, Mikael ^a   Jogréus, Claes ^a   Berglund, Johan ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(Change in) Internet use; Cognition; older adults; social learning

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; (CHANGE IN) INTERNET USE; ARTICLE; OLDER ADULTS; SOCIAL LEARNING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

(CHANGE IN) INTERNET USE; COGNITION; OLDER ADULTS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84878351233     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458212462151     Document Type: Article

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