McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: an evidence-based database for geriatrics-focused health professionals
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The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Usability Evaluation of a Unique Evidence-Based Health Information Website
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 Intern...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Research Notes
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2595-8