A social support intervention alone and with reminders improved appointment keeping among patients with chronic illnesses

  • Applegarth, Jean RGN, MSc

  • Acting Head of Nursing Directorate of Medicine and Elderly Care Royal Victoria Infirmary and Associated Hospitals NHS Trust Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Tanner EK, Feldman RH. Strategies for enhancing appointment keeping in low-income chronically ill clients. Nurs Res 1997 Nov/Dec;46:342–4. Question Can social support strategies improve appointment keeping among patients with chronic illnesses?

Source of funding: not stated.

For article reprint: Dr E K Tanner, College of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA. Fax +1 205 890 6026.

Evidence-Based Nursing 1(3):p 80, July 1998.
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