Development and pilot-testing of the perceived health web site usability questionnaire (PHWSUQ) for older adults

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 122, Issue , 2006, Pages 38-43

  Nahm, Eun Shim ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^a   Mills, Mary Etta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Older Adults; Usability Assessment; Web

Indexed keywords

NURSING; SURVEYS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WEBSITES;

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; OLDER ADULTS; PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; USABILITY ASSESSMENT;

WEB DESIGN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 39049191997     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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