Health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults: correlates and mediation of its association with quality of life through social support networks

• Main Authors: Ang, Shannon, Lim, Emily, Malhotra, Rahul
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology; Health-Related Difficulty; Internet Use
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159475
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Internet use is increasingly a necessity. However, older adults may not use the internet due to either nonhealth reasons (e.g., lack of digital literacy or internet access) or health-related reasons (e.g., visual impairment or movement difficulties). While researchers have studied internet use among older adults, most do not discriminate whether nonuse is due to health-related reasons or otherwise. We therefore examine the key correlates of health-related difficulty in internet use among older adults, and how it may affect the quality of life (QoL) through their perceived social support networks.