School of Cultural Tourism and Public Administration, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Nov 25;10:1072398. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1072398. eCollection 2022.
The acceleration of population aging and the arrival of the informatization make more and more older adults use the Internet, and its use is having an impact on their health. However, the relationship between internet use and the health of older adults and the mechanism of the effect of internet use on the health are not very clear.
Multiple linear regression models to explore the correlation between internet use and health status in the 3,141 individuals aged ≥60 years were used. Propensity score matching (PSM) method was used to test the robustness of the regression results. In addition, sequential recursive models was used to examine the mediating effect of social participation on the relationship between internet use and health status.
We found a significant positive relationship between internet use and health status, and social participation mediated the relationship between internet use and health status. In addition, the effect of internet use on health status was different among older adults in rural and urban areas.
The development and application of internet products adapted to the development of an aging society should be accelerated to meet their needs for continued socialization. The forms and activities of social participation for the elderly groups should be enriched and public service internet usage training seminars should be conducted to improve internet skills.
人口老龄化的加速和信息化的到来使得越来越多的老年人使用互联网，其使用对他们的健康产生了影响。然而，互联网使用与老年人健康之间的关系以及互联网使用对健康影响的机制尚不清楚。
使用多元线性回归模型来探讨 3141 名≥60 岁个体中互联网使用与健康状况之间的相关性。采用倾向评分匹配（PSM）方法检验回归结果的稳健性。此外，还使用序贯递归模型检验了社会参与在互联网使用与健康状况之间的关系中的中介作用。
我们发现互联网使用与健康状况之间存在显著的正相关关系，社会参与在互联网使用与健康状况之间起中介作用。此外，互联网使用对健康状况的影响在城乡老年人中存在差异。
应加快开发和应用适合老龄化社会发展的互联网产品，以满足他们持续社会化的需求。应丰富老年人的社会参与形式和活动，并开展公共服务互联网使用培训研讨会，以提高互联网技能。
