Internet versus mailed questionnaires: A randomized comparison

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ritter, Philip ^a   Lorig, Kate ^a   Laurent, Diana ^a   Matthews, Katy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Instruments; Internet; Methodology; Questionnaire design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 16544372688     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6.3.e29     Document Type: Article

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