Older adults: Are they ready to adopt health-related ICT?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Heart, Tsipi ^a   Kalderon, Efrat ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Healthcare ICT; Older adults; Technology and ICT use

Indexed keywords

FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; ICT USE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; OLDER ADULTS; PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HEALTHCARE ICT; OLDER ADULTS; TECHNOLOGY AND ICT USE;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84886791851     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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