Patient-reported outcomes and therapeutic affordances of social media: Findings from a global online survey of people with chronic pain

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e20-

  Merolli, Mark ^a   Gray, Kathleen ^a   Martin Sanchez, Fernando ^a   Lopez Campos, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Chronic pain; Patient reported outcomes; Social media; Therapeutic affordances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOGGING; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84922294159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3915     Document Type: Article

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