Critical Design Elements of E-Health Applications for Users with Severe Mental Illness: Singular Focus, Simple Architecture, Prominent Contents, Explicit Navigation, and Inclusive Hyperlinks

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 440-448

  Rotondi, Armando J ^a,b   Eack, Shaun M ^a   Hanusa, Barbara H ^b   Spring, Michael B ^c   Haas, Gretchen L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

e mental health; schizophrenia; Web site; Web site usability; Web sitedesign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS; TELEHEALTH; WEB BROWSER; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84938582393     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt194     Document Type: Article

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