Patient-initiated online support groups: Motives for initiation, extent of success and success factors

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-34

  van Uden Kraan, Cornelia F ^a   Drossaert, Constance H C ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Seydel, Erwin R ^a   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 75849122541     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2009.001009     Document Type: Article

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