Online usability and patients with long-term conditions: A mixed-methods approach

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 374-387

  Ossebaard, Hans C ^a,b   Seydel, Erwin R ^b   van Gemert Pijnen, Lisette ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Biomedical technology; Consumer health information; Health communication; Information seeking behavior; Internet; Patient participation; Usability

Indexed keywords

ADHERENCE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; USABILITY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSUMER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EHEALTH LITERACY SCALE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA MINING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84860487492     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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