Feasibility and preliminary effects of a virtual environment for adults with type 2 diabetes: Pilot study

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, Constance ^a   Feinglos, Mark ^a   Pereira, Katherine ^a   Hassell, Nancy ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^b   Nicollerat, Janet ^a   Beresford, Henry F ^a   Levy, Janet ^a   Vorderstrasse, Allison ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Diabetes mellitus; Health communication; Self care; Type 2; User computer interface; Virtual environments software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907427459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3045     Document Type: Article

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