Development of a computer assisted dietary assessment tool for use in primary healthcare practice: Perceptions of nutrition and computers in a sample of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 54-62

  Probst, Yasmine C ^a   Krnavek, Claire ^a,b   Lockyer, Lori ^a   Tapsell, Linda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b StayinFront Group Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Nutrition; Qualitative research; Software design; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIETARY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSUMER; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORTION SIZE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

EID: 29744437706     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY05043     Document Type: Review

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