Self-care--has DIY gone too far?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

1. The effects of a web-based decision aid on the intention to diagnostic self-testing for cholesterol and diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2014
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2. A single-blind randomised controlled trial of the effects of a web-based decision aid on self-testing for cholesterol and diabetes. Study protocol.BMC public health · 2012
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3. Self-care can be an alternative to expand access to universal health care: What policy makers, governments and implementers can consider for South Africa.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022
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4. Towards a decision aid for self-tests: Users' experiences in The Netherlands.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019
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5. Psychological, situational and application-related determinants of the intention to self-test: a factorial survey among students.BMC health services research · 2017
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6. Self-tests for influenza: an empirical ethics investigation.BMC medical ethics · 2017
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7. Socio-demographic, health-related, and individual correlates of diagnostic self-testing by lay people: Results from a representative survey in Germany.PloS one · 2017
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8. Quality and use of consumer information provided with home test kits: room for improvement.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2014
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9. Motivation and experiences of self-testers regarding tests for cardiovascular risk factors.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2014
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10. To test or not to test: a cross-sectional survey of the psychosocial determinants of self-testing for cholesterol, glucose, and HIV.BMC public health · 2011
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11. How do people respond to self-test results? A cross-sectional survey.BMC family practice · 2010
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12. Use of diagnostic self-tests on body materials among Internet users in the Netherlands: prevalence and correlates of use.BMC public health · 2009
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13. Self-testing for cancer: a community survey.BMC cancer · 2008
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14. Supporting self-care in general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2007
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Authors and funding

4 authors.

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Abstract

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