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Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing (한국지역사회간호학회)
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The Effects of Digital Literacy and Health Empowerment on Elders' Communication with Doctors: Focusing on Moderating Effect of Health Beliefs

디지털 리터러시와 건강 임파워먼트가 노인의 의사와의 소통에 미치는 영향 연구: 건강신념의 조절효과를 중심으로

  • An, Soontae (Ewha Womans University, Department of Communication & Media) ;
  • Lim, Yujin (Business School, Soongsil University) ;
  • Chung, Soondool (Ewha Womans University, Department of Social Welfare)
  • 안순태 (이화여자대학교 커뮤니케이션미디어학부) ;
  • 임유진 (숭실대학교 경영대학원) ;
  • 정순둘 (이화여자대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2021.03.05
  • Accepted : 2022.02.14
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study explored the effects of the elderly group's digital literacy and health empowerment on communication with doctors, considering moderating effect of health beliefs about chronic diseases. Methods: A one-on-one interview survey was conducted with 500 older adults in South Korea. The main variables were digital literacy, health empowerment, communication with doctors, and health belief of chronic diseases. Results: The interaction effect between health empowerment and susceptibility, and health empowerment and perceived barrier were significant. Conclusion: Communication with doctors greatly increased when the elders had high levels of health empowerment and low levels of susceptibility. Also, communication with doctors greatly increased when the elders had high levels of health empowerment and low levels of perceived barriers.

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이 논문은 2020년 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2020S1A5C2A03092919).

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