TY - GEN
T1 - Promoting Comprehension of Health Information among Older Adults
AU - Chin, Jessie
AU - Johnson, Jessica
AU - Moeller, Darcie D.
AU - Duwe, Elise
AU - Graumlich, James F.
AU - Murray, Michael D.
AU - Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth A.L.
AU - Morrow, Daniel G.
N1 - We thank research coordinators in OSF Saint Francis Medical Center for their assistance with the study. This research has been supported by the National Institute of Aging (R01 AG031718). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIH.
We thank research coordinators in OSF Saint Francis Medical Center for their assistance with the study. This research has been supported by the National Institute of Aging (R01 AG031718). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIH. Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to Jessie Chin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, Illinois, 61801; [email protected].
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Understanding and acting on online health information is increasingly a pre-requisite for patient self-care. Therefore, inadequate health literacy is a barrier to self-care among older adults with chronic illness. The goal of our study was to improve older adults' comprehension of online health information. We extracted typical health texts from multiple credible health websites, and systematically improved the texts in terms of, content, language, organization and design. Results showed that older adults better understood the revised passages than the typical ones, in terms of their reading efficiency (time per unit of information uptake). Intervention benefits were greater for older adults with more domain-specific health knowledge, suggesting that knowledge facilitated the comprehension of health information in the revised texts. Implications for promoting older adults' comprehension of health information are discussed.
AB - Understanding and acting on online health information is increasingly a pre-requisite for patient self-care. Therefore, inadequate health literacy is a barrier to self-care among older adults with chronic illness. The goal of our study was to improve older adults' comprehension of online health information. We extracted typical health texts from multiple credible health websites, and systematically improved the texts in terms of, content, language, organization and design. Results showed that older adults better understood the revised passages than the typical ones, in terms of their reading efficiency (time per unit of information uptake). Intervention benefits were greater for older adults with more domain-specific health knowledge, suggesting that knowledge facilitated the comprehension of health information in the revised texts. Implications for promoting older adults' comprehension of health information are discussed.
KW - cognitive aging
KW - comprehension
KW - domain knowledge
KW - health literacy
KW - healthcare
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85139470334
T3 - Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015
SP - 375
EP - 380
BT - Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015
A2 - Noelle, David C.
A2 - Dale, Rick
A2 - Warlaumont, Anne
A2 - Yoshimi, Jeff
A2 - Matlock, Teenie
A2 - Jennings, Carolyn D.
A2 - Maglio, Paul P.
PB - The Cognitive Science Society
T2 - 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015
Y2 - 23 July 2015 through 25 July 2015
ER -