Comparing administration of questionnaires via the internet to pen-and-paper in patients with heart failure: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Robert C ^a,b,e   Thorpe, Kevin ^a,c   Ross, Heather ^a,b   Micevski, Vaska ^d   Marquez, Christine ^c   Straus, Sharon E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Internet; Questionnaires; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE; WRITING;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; WRITING;

EID: 62449198007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1106     Document Type: Article

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