Therapeutic affordances of social media: Emergent themes from a global online survey of people with Chronic Pain

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Merolli, Mark ^a   Gray, Kathleen ^a   Martin Sanchez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Chronic pain; Model; Patient reported outcomes; Social media; Thematic content analysis; Therapeutic affordances

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964316237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3494     Document Type: Article

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