Evaluation of chronic pain-related information available to consumers on the internet

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 855-864

  Bailey, S Jeffrey ^a   Lachapelle, Diane L ^a   Lefort, Sandra M ^b   Gordon, Allan ^c   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Consumer evaluations; DISCERN; Websites

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVALUATION; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84879505496     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12087     Document Type: Review

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