Attitudes of UK based wound specialists towards the use of mobile applications in wound care delivery: a cross-sectional survey. Part 1: quantitative findings.
Introduction: This survey of wound care specialists in the UK aims to be the first study to establish the prevalence of mobile wound app use and the perceived barriers to their implementation in wound care. This article presents the quantitative findings of the study. Method: A cross-sectional surve...
| Publicado en: | Wounds UK Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 20 - 28 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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SB Communications Group, A Schofield Media Company
2022
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