Factors influencing daily life information searching behaviors in elderly people / 中华医学图书情报杂志

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 .