Using an ehealth intervention to stimulate health behavior for the prevention of cognitive decline in dutch adults: A study protocol for the brain aging monitor

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Aalbers, Teun ^a   Baars, Maria A E ^b   Qin, Li ^a   de Lange, Annet ^b,c,d   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,e   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applied games; Cognition; EHealth; Healthy lifestyle; Internet; Prevention; Protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977542939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.4468     Document Type: Article

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