title: Health diaries in nursing research and practice.
abstract: Health diaries have been used in research and clinical practice to examine the daily symptoms of healthy and ill people, responses to symptoms, and efficacy of symptom response. This article describes current uses of health diaries in nursing research and practice, the types of typical health diaries, factors affecting the quality of diary data, and the costs and analytic issues related to health diaries. The implications of health diaries for nursing education, practice, and research are considered.
authors.affiliation: University of Wyoming, School of Nursing, Laramie 82071-3065, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Burman
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D008499:Medical Records / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015399:Nursing Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results