ReviewHeliyon2024
The impact of the digital divide on rural older People's mental quality of life: A conditional process analysis.
Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of mobile health interventions on blood pressure control and self-management in middle-aged and older adults with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Pooled it
- Psychometric Properties of Digital Divide Measurement Instruments in Health Contexts: Systematic Review.JMIR human factors · 2026Pooled it
- The mediating role of social avoidance between relative deprivation and smartphone addiction: a random intercept cross-lagged panel model study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Online-dominant self-management is associated with lower, while hybrid mode is associated with higher, quality of life: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The impact of the three-level digital divide on the mental health of rural residents: A study from China.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to explore the influences of the digital divide on the mental quality of life among rural older people in China, and investigate the mediating role of information acquisition ability. The results revealed significant negative influences of the digital divide on the mental quality of life for older people in rural areas, with variations depending on age and educational level. The study identified information acquisition ability as a crucial mediating factor in this relationship. It contributed to the existing literature by unveiling the mechanisms through which the digital divide could affect rural older people's mental quality of life, emphasizing the pivotal role of information acquisition ability, particularly the quality of content. Furthermore, the study provided practical implications for mitigating the digital divide and enhancing the mental quality of life for older people in rural areas of China.
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