How user characteristics affect use patterns in web-based illness management support for patients with breast and prostate cancer

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Borosund, Elin ^a   Cvancarova, Milada ^a   Ekstedt, Mirjam ^a,b   Moore, Shirley M ^c   Ruland, Cornelia M ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Internet; Self care; Symptom management; Targeting; Use patterns; User characteristics; Web based intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877293264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2285     Document Type: Article

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