Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 269-275 , November 2011

Online research in older adults: lessons learned from conducting an online randomized controlled trial

  • Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 706 4913; fax: +1 410 706 3289.
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  • Barker Bausell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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  • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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  • Barbara Covington, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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  • Patricia F. Brennan, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705
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  • Rekha Mathews, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • ,
  • Joon Ho Park, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

Received 19 May 2009 ,Revised 3 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by Grant R21 AG026013 from the National Institute on Aging.

PII: S0897-1897(09)00105-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.09.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 269-275 , November 2011

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