"I am not alone": A survey of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy and their participation in an online support group

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Hess, Rosanna F ^a,b   Weinland, Jo Ann ^c   Beebe, Kelly ^d  

^a Research for Health Inc   (United States)

^b MALONE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Aultman College of Nursing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Nursing research; Obstetrics; Online support group; Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONELINESS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONELINESS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OHIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954062743     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181e1e28f     Document Type: Article

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