Internet Use among Urogynecology Patients in North Carolina

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 269-272

  Myers, Erinn M ^a   Rustowicz, Lauren ^a   Wells, David ^a   Kidd, Juli B ^a   Jannelli, Mary L ^a   Connolly, Annamarie ^a   Wu, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

digital technology; Internet; patient education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; AGE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH LITERACY; NORTH CAROLINA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941139470     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: 21544212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000163     Document Type: Article

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