eHealth interventions for family carers of people with long term illness: A promising approach?

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 60, Issue , 2018, Pages 109-125

  Sin, Jacqueline ^a,b   Henderson, Claire ^c   Spain, Debbie ^c   Cornelius, Victoria ^d   Chen, Tao ^e   Gillard, Steve ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers eHealth e health mHealth m health online web based internet; Family; Interventions long term chronic illness

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; THERAPY EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; TELEMEDICINE;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85041507940     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2018.01.008     Document Type: Review

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