Information needs after stroke: What to include and how to structure it on a website. A qualitative study using focus groups and card sorting

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1170-1196

  Kerr, Joanna ^a   Hilari, Katerina ^b   Litosseliti, Lia ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Internet based health information; Stroke education; Stroke information needs; Website information structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 77956773185     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030903383738     Document Type: Article

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