Document 0337
 DOCN  M9460337
 TI    Differential use of computer network services.
 DT    9404
 AU    Brennan PF; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
 SO    Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1993;:27-31. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94176824
 AB    In two randomized field experiments, one involving persons living with
       AIDS (PWAs) and another involving caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease
       patients (AD caregivers), we evaluated the ComputerLink, an electronic
       network designed to support home care. ComputerLink offered a feasible
       and effective means to reach home-bound individuals. PWAs and AD
       caregivers demonstrated different patterns of ComputerLink use. Two
       measures of use are employed: number of encounters with the system and
       number of accesses to specific functions. PWAs used the system more
       often than did the AD caregivers, and were more likely than the AD
       caregivers to use private rather than public communication services.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome  Adult  Alzheimer's Disease
       Attitude to Computers  *Caregivers  Comparative Study  Computer
       Communication Networks/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/  *UTILIZATION  Delivery
       of Health Care  Female  Home Nursing  Human  Information
       Services/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/*UTILIZATION  Male  Middle Age
       Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED
       CONTROLLED TRIAL

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