An internet-based counseling intervention with email reminders that promotes self-care in adults with chronic heart failure: Randomized controlled trial protocol

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nolan, Robert P ^a,b   Payne, Ada Y M ^a,b   Ross, Heather ^b,c   White, Michel ^d   D'Antono, Bianca ^d,e   Chan, Sammy ^f,g   Barr, Susan I ^h   Gwadry Sridhar, Femida ⁱ   Nigam, Anil ^d   Perreault, Sylvie ^e   Farkouh, Michael ^b,c   McDonald, Michael ^b,c   Goodman, Jack ^c,j   Thomas, Scott ^k   Zieroth, Shelley ^l   Isaac, Debra ^m   Oh, Paul ⁿ   Rajda, Miroslaw ^o   Chen, Maggie ^k   Eysenbach, Gunther ^a   Liu, Sam ^a,b   Zbib, Ahmad ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^m LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁿ TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^o QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^p HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; E counseling; Internet based intervention; Lifestyle intervention; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099694592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2957     Document Type: Article

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