Attrition and adherence in a web-based distress management program for implantable Cardioverter defibrillator patients (WEBCARE): Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Habibović, Mirela ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^b   Alings, Marco ^c   Van Der Voort, Pepijn ^d   Theuns, Dominic ^e   Bouwels, Leon ^f   Herrman, Jean Paul ^g   Valk, Suzanne ^h   Pedersen, Susanne ^a,e,i,j  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^h Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Adherence; Attrition; Dropout; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Web based interventions

Indexed keywords

ADHERENCE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTRITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DROPOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; WEB-BASED INTERVENTIONS;

ADHERENCE; ATTRITION; DROPOUT; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; WEB-BASED INTERVENTIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897606464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2809     Document Type: Article

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