Internet communities for recruitment of cancer patients into an internet survey: A discussion paper

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1261-1269

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^b   Tsai, Hsiu Min ^c   Bender, Melinda ^a   Lim, Hyun Ju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer Patients; Internet Communities; Internet Research; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; SELECTION BIAS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547523716     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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