Technology acceptance and quality of life of the elderly in a telecare program

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 335-342

  Chou, Chun Chen ^a   Chang, Chi Ping ^b   Lee, Ting Ting ^c   Chou, Hsueh Fen ^d   Mills, Mary Etta ^e  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Quality of life; Questionnaire survey; Technology Acceptance Model; Telecare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881477913     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: 15389774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NXN.0b013e318295e5ce     Document Type: Article

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