Keeping track of health information may be burdensome for older adults who may be more likely to have health concerns and questions than other age groups. The management of their health information may be aided by web-based health information management tools (e.g., personal health records). However, it is currently not known what kinds of health information potential users seek and need or want to manage. The current study examined the health information needs of both older and younger adults, to better understand how e-health technology can aid health information management. Seventeen younger and twenty-four older adults kept a health diary for a two-week period, making one entry for each health concern or question they had and how they solved it.
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