Internet Use for Health-Related Information via Personal Computers and Cell Phones in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey

Yoshimitsu Takahashi   ¹ , PhD ;   Tomoko Ohura   ^{1, 2} , OTR, MPH ;   Tatsuro Ishizaki   ³ , MPH, MD, PhD ;   Shigeru Okamoto   ¹ , MD ;   Kenji Miki   ⁴ , MPH ;   Mariko Naito   ⁵ , DDS, PhD ;   Rie Akamatsu   ⁶ , DrPH ;   Hiroki Sugimori   ⁷ , MMedSc, MD, PhD ;   Nobuo Yoshiike   ⁸ , MD ;   Koichi Miyaki   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Takuro Shimbo   ⁹ , MD ;   Takeo Nakayama   ¹ , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan

² Faculty of Care and Rehabilitation, Seijoh University, Tokai, Aichi, Japan

³ Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

⁴ Regional Research Institute, Osaka University of Economics and Law, Yao, Osaka, Japan

⁵ Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

⁶ Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

⁷ Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Sports and Health Sciences, Daito Bunka University, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan

⁸ Community Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan

⁹ Department of Clinical Research and Informatics, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan