YouTube as a source of useful information on diabetes foot care

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e1-e4

  Abedin, Tasnima ^a   Ahmed, Salim ^a   Al Mamun, Mohammad ^b   Ahmed, Syed Walid ^a   Newaz, Sanjida ^a   Rumana, Nahid ^c   Turin, Tanvir C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot care; Video; YouTube

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STANDARDIZATION; VIDEORECORDING; EVALUATION STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

DATA ACCURACY; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84943157653     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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