Association Between Daily Internet Use and Incidence of Chronic Diseases Among Older Adults: Prospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 25; no. 1; p. e46298
• Main Authors: Li, Peiyi, Zhang, Chenyang, Gao, Shuanliang, Zhang, Yanbo, Liang, Xiaolong, Wang, Chengdi, Zhu, Tao, Li, Weimin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 17.07.2023; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Aging; Arthritis; Asthma; Chronic illnesses; Cohort analysis; Diabetes; Disease prevention; Health behavior; Health care; Hypertension; Internet; Longitudinal studies; Lung diseases; Mental health; Middle age; Missing data; Older people; Original Paper; Patient satisfaction; Retirement; Social isolation; Sociodemographics; Telemedicine; Trends; Visual impairment; China; internet use; technology use; usage; association; elder; gerontology; middle-aged and older adult; older adult; middle age; daily internet use; disease prevention; national survey; chronic illness; chronic disease; aging; geriatric; incidence

Chronic disease incidence among the elderly is increasing, which is correlated with the acceleration of population aging. Evolving internet technologies may help prevent and provide interventions for chronic diseases in an accelerating aging process. However, the impact of daily internet use on the...