Development and usability evaluation of the mHealth Tool for Lung Cancer (mHealth TLC): A virtual world health game for lung cancer patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 506-511

  Brown Johnson, Cati G ^a   Berrean, Beth ^b   Cataldo, Janine K ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health games; Lung cancer; Stigma; Usability; Validation; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIRTUAL REALITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84930711581     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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