TY - ECHAP KW - Health information literacy KW - Older adults KW - elderly KW - young AU - Isto Huvila AU - Noora Hirvonen AU - Heidi Enwald AU - Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt AU - Serap Kurbanoğlu AU - Sonja Špiranec AU - Yurdagül Ünal AU - Joumana Boustany AU - Maija Huotari AU - Esther Grassian AU - Diane Mizrachi AU - Loriene Roy AB - To address the research gap on age-based differences in health information literacy (HIL), we investigated how younger (born 1960-) and older adults (1946-1960), and elderly citizens (-1945) differed from each other by their HIL competencies. Data were collected with an online survey of patients using the Swedish national electronic health record system. Altogether, 2,587 users responded. One-way ANOVA with post hoc tests revealed several differences between the groups: younger adults were less likely to value health information than older adults; older adults and elderly were least likely to compare information from multiple sources and had trouble in determining health information needs; older adults were most likely to have trouble understanding health terminology and the elderly to have difficulties in understanding medicinal package labels. The study shows that HIL is not necessarily improving or declining but adapting to challenges of advanced age. BT - Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science CY - Cham DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_13 LA - eng N2 - To address the research gap on age-based differences in health information literacy (HIL), we investigated how younger (born 1960-) and older adults (1946-1960), and elderly citizens (-1945) differed from each other by their HIL competencies. Data were collected with an online survey of patients using the Swedish national electronic health record system. Altogether, 2,587 users responded. One-way ANOVA with post hoc tests revealed several differences between the groups: younger adults were less likely to value health information than older adults; older adults and elderly were least likely to compare information from multiple sources and had trouble in determining health information needs; older adults were most likely to have trouble understanding health terminology and the elderly to have difficulties in understanding medicinal package labels. The study shows that HIL is not necessarily improving or declining but adapting to challenges of advanced age. PB - Springer PP - Cham PY - 2019 EP - 136–143 T2 - Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science TI - Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens ER -