Randomized comparison of mobile and web-tools to provide dementia risk reduction education: Use, engagement and participant satisfaction

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  O'Connor, Elodie ^a   Farrow, Maree ^a,b   Hatherly, Chris ^b,c  

^a Alzheimer's Australia (Victoria)   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Alzheimer's Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Dementia; Engagement; Health communication; Internet; Intervention; Mhealth; Mobile phone; Risk reduction behavior; User perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009482404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.3654     Document Type: Article

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