Patterns of internet use by persons with spinal cord injuries and relationship to health-related quality of life

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1872-1879

  Drainoni, Mari Lynn ^a,b,c,e   Houlihan, Bethlyn ^a,b,c   Williams, Steve ^b,d   Vedrani, Mark ^a,b,c   Esch, David ^c   Lee Hood, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Weiner, Cheryl ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Minority groups; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 7444244982     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.07.350     Document Type: Article

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