Evaluation of internet-based technology for supporting self-care: Problems encountered by patients and caregivers when using self-care applications

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Nijland, Nicol ^a   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia ^a   Boer, Henk ^a   Steehouder, Michaël F ^a   Seydel, Erwin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to information; Electronic patient provider communication; Internet; Primary care; Self care; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CARE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NOMENCLATURE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRIAGE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 45849146602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.957     Document Type: Article

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