Incidental health information use and media complementarity: A comparison of senior and non-senior cancer patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Tian, Yan ^a   Robinson, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer communication; Incidental media use; Media complementarity; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049151033     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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