A5057339735- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Community Health and Development
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
Università della Svizzera italiana
2015-2020
Research has confirmed a positive link between patient involvement in decision-making and improvements health outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the roles psychological empowerment literacy on elderly's willingness engage treatment decisions.A self-administered questionnaire completed by randomly selected sample Swiss adults aged 65-80 years old (N = 826). Multivariate logistic regression applied determine contribution literacy, empowerment, trust physician participants'...
The exponential increase in health-related online platforms has made the Internet one of main sources health information globally. quality contents disseminated on been a central focus for many researchers. To date, however, few comparative content analyses pro- and anti-vaccination websites have conducted, none them compared information. objective this study was therefore to bring new evidence aspect by comparing sources. Based past literature evaluation initiatives, 40-categories...
Abstract Background International research shows that social isolation is harmful for health, especially the elderly. Its objective and subjective dimensions are important to distinguish as each stands in a different relation with health. The first aim of present study validation three scales measuring an Italian elderly population. second analyze appraise their association health among seniors. Methods This cross-sectional survey collected data from 306 over 65 s participants....
Patients' engagement in health care decision making is constituted by at least two behaviors: information seeking and active involvement medical decisions. Previous research reported that older adults desire a lot of information, but want to participate lesser degree. However, there only limited evidence on the effect for seniors' perceived confidence an informed choice (ie, self-efficacy).The goal this study was investigate role has patients. More specifically, it tested whether...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Patients’ engagement in health care decision making is constituted by at least two behaviors: information seeking and active involvement medical decisions. Previous research reported that older adults desire a lot of information, but want to participate lesser degree. However, there only limited evidence on the effect for seniors’ perceived confidence an informed choice (ie, self-efficacy). </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> The goal this study was investigate...