Effectiveness of an online fatigue self-management programme for people with chronic neurological conditions: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 727-744

  Ghahari, Setareh ^a,b   Leigh Packer, Tanya ^c,d   Passmore, Anne Elizabeth ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955693316     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215509360648     Document Type: Article

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