Patients' experiences using a computerized program with a touch- sensitive video monitor for the assessment of health-related quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 513-519

  Buxton, J ^a,c   White, M ^b   Osoba, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c Dept of Hlth Care and Epidemiology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerized assessment; Health related quality of life; QLQ C30; Touch sensitive video monitor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDER;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUTOMATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031713195     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008826408328     Document Type: Article

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