‘Care for Stroke’, a web-based, smartphone-enabled educational intervention for management of physical disabilities following stroke: Feasibility in the Indian context

BMJ Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 127-136

  Sureshkumar, K ^a   Murthy, G V S ^a   Munuswamy, Suresh ^b   Goenka, Shifalika ^c   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Indian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^c Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84999491364     PISSN: 20558074     EISSN: 2055642X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000056     Document Type: Article

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