Do older adults use the Internet for information on heart attacks? Results from a survey of seniors in King County, Washington

The results showed that several demographic variables were related to access to the Internet. Only 7% of the seniors who reported access to the Internet had sought information on heart attacks from the Internet. Age, history of AMI, and family history of AMI were significant predictors of information seeking on heart attacks. This suggests that to date only a very small, high-risk group of seniors actually seeks information on heart attack emergencies from the Internet.