Use of communication technologies by people with type 1 diabetes in the social networking era. A chance for improvement

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-128

  Giménez Pérez, Gabriel ^a,b   Recasens, Assumpta ^a   Simó, Olga ^a   Aguas, Teresa ^a   Suárez, Ana ^a   Vila, Maria ^a   Castells, Ignasi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internet; Social networking; Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEB BROWSER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84959216821     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: 18780210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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