Using Cognitive and Affective Illustrations to Enhance Older Adults' Website Satisfaction and Recall of Online Cancer-Related Information

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 678-688

  Bol, Nadine ^a   van Weert, Julia C M ^a   de Haes, Hanneke C J M ^a   Loos, Eugène F ^a   de Heer, Steven ^b   Sikkel, Dirk ^a   Smets, Ellen M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899553153     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.771560     Document Type: Article

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