Internet-based self-management plus education compared with usual care in asthma: A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-120

  Van Der Meer, Victor ^a   Bakker, Moira J ^a   Van Den Hout, Wilbert B ^a   Rabe, Klaus F ^a   Sterk, Peter J ^b   Kievit, Job ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Sont, Jacob K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING CARE; ONLINE MONITORING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEMONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651095569     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-2-200907210-00008     Document Type: Article

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