Investigating the determinants of Chinese adult children's intentionto use online health information for their aged parents

摘要

Background: The increasing number of older people and the dissemination of health information via the Internet have emerged and both are challenging to Chinese society. Available online health informationhighlights the importance of decision making processes, specially in relation to the elderly who almost have no online presence and depend on their adult children's help. The researchers mostly focus on parents' health information search for their children, however, they overlook the adult children's intentionto use online health information for their aged parents.