A web-based psychosocial intervention for family caregivers of older people: Results from a mixed-methods study in three european countries

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Barbabella, Francesco ^a,b   Poli, Arianna ^a,c   Andréasson, Frida ^b,d   Salzmann, Benjamin ^a,e   Papa, Roberta ^a   Hanson, Elizabeth ^b,d,f   Efthymiou, Areti ^f,g   Döhner, Hanneli ^e,f   Lancioni, Cristina ^a   Civerchia, Patrizia ^a   Lamura, Giovanni ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish National Family Care Competence Centre   (Sweden)

^e Wir Pflegen EV   (Germany)

^f Eurocarers   (Belgium)

^g CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Frail elderly; Health education; Internet; Social networking; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019252809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.5847     Document Type: Article

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