Why go online when you have pain? A qualitative analysis of teenagers' use of the Internet for pain management advice

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 572-579

  Henderson, E M ^a   Keogh, E ^a   Eccleston, C ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bias; Information seeking; Internet; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84902077654     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12072     Document Type: Article

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