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If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Objectives: The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) aims to increase access to evidence-based health information. We would now like to understand who uses the Portal, why, and for what, and elicit feedback and suggestions for future initiatives. Methods: An online survey of users collected da...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721417737681 |
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author | Neil-Sztramko, Sarah E. Farran, Rawan Watson, Susannah Levinson, Anthony J. Lavis, John N. Iorio, Alfonso Dobbins, Maureen |
author_facet | Neil-Sztramko, Sarah E. Farran, Rawan Watson, Susannah Levinson, Anthony J. Lavis, John N. Iorio, Alfonso Dobbins, Maureen |
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description | Objectives: The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) aims to increase access to evidence-based health information. We would now like to understand who uses the Portal, why, and for what, and elicit feedback and suggestions for future initiatives. Methods: An online survey of users collected data on demographics, eHealth literacy, Internet use, information-seeking behavior, site acceptability and perceived impact on health behaviors, participant satisfaction, and suggestions for improvements using mixed methods. Results: Participants (n = 163, age 69.8 ± 8.6 years) were predominantly female (76%), married (67%), retired (80%), and well-educated with very good/excellent health (55%). The Portal was easy to use (83%) and relevant (80%), with 68% intending to, and 48% having changed behavior after using the Portal. A number of suggestions for improvement were obtained. Discussion: A better understanding of users’ characteristics, needs, and preferences will allow us to improve content, target groups who are not engaging with the Portal, and plan future directions. |
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spelling | pubmed-56809422017-11-17 If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal Neil-Sztramko, Sarah E. Farran, Rawan Watson, Susannah Levinson, Anthony J. Lavis, John N. Iorio, Alfonso Dobbins, Maureen Gerontol Geriatr Med Article Objectives: The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) aims to increase access to evidence-based health information. We would now like to understand who uses the Portal, why, and for what, and elicit feedback and suggestions for future initiatives. Methods: An online survey of users collected data on demographics, eHealth literacy, Internet use, information-seeking behavior, site acceptability and perceived impact on health behaviors, participant satisfaction, and suggestions for improvements using mixed methods. Results: Participants (n = 163, age 69.8 ± 8.6 years) were predominantly female (76%), married (67%), retired (80%), and well-educated with very good/excellent health (55%). The Portal was easy to use (83%) and relevant (80%), with 68% intending to, and 48% having changed behavior after using the Portal. A number of suggestions for improvement were obtained. Discussion: A better understanding of users’ characteristics, needs, and preferences will allow us to improve content, target groups who are not engaging with the Portal, and plan future directions. SAGE Publications 2017-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5680942/ /pubmed/29152540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721417737681 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Article Neil-Sztramko, Sarah E. Farran, Rawan Watson, Susannah Levinson, Anthony J. Lavis, John N. Iorio, Alfonso Dobbins, Maureen If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal |
title | If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal |
title_full | If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal |
title_fullStr | If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal |
title_full_unstemmed | If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal |
title_short | If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal |
title_sort | if you build it, who will come? a description of user characteristics and experiences with the mcmaster optimal aging portal |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721417737681 |
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