Exploring older and younger adults' preferences for health information and participation in decision making using the Health Information Wants Questionnaire (HIWQ)

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Decision Making 79%
• Young Adult 78%
• Patient Preference 76%
• Complementary Therapies 56%
• Health 47%
• Senior Centers 20%
• Clinical Laboratory Techniques 15%
• Self Care 14%
• Independent Living 14%
• Libraries 12%
• Health Personnel 12%
• Psychology 9%
• Health Care Outcome Assessment 9%
• Physicians 8%
• Therapeutics 4%

Social Sciences

• health information 100%
• young adult 80%
• decision making 61%
• participation 51%
• questionnaire 48%
• alternative medicine 23%
• psychosocial factors 10%
• Health Care Providers 9%
• physician 6%
• rating 6%
• autonomy 6%
• university 4%