Feasibility of internet-based health-related quality of life data collection in a large patient cohort

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bhinder, Sacha ^a   Chowdhury, Noori ^b   Granton, John ^a,c   Krahn, Murray ^a,b   Tullis, D Elizabeth ^a,c   Waddell, Thomas K ^a,b,d   Singer, Lianne G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Feasibility studies; Internet; Lung diseases; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957593768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1214     Document Type: Article

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