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The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Usability Evaluation of a Unique Evidence-Based Health Information Website

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Increasingly, older adults and their informal caregivers are using the Internet to search for health-related information. There is a proliferation of health information online, but the quality of this information varies, often based on exaggerated or dramatic findings, and not easily comprehended by consumers. The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (Portal) was developed to provide Internet users with high-quality evidence about aging …

Authors

Barbara AM; Dobbins M; Haynes RB; Iorio A; Lavis JN; Raina P; Levinson AJ

Journal

JMIR Human Factors, Vol. 3, No. 1,

Publisher

JMIR Publications

DOI

10.2196/humanfactors.4800

ISSN

2292-9495