“Why didn⇔t it work?⇝ lessons from a randomized controlled trial of a web-based personally controlled health management system for adults with asthma

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Lau, Annie Y S ^a   Arguel, Amaël ^b   Dennis, Sarah ^c   Liaw, Siaw Teng ^d   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma; EHealth; Internet; Intervention; Personal health record; Personally controlled health management system; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84966596084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4734     Document Type: Article

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