Social support in cyberspace: A content analysis of communication within a Huntington's disease online support group

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-178

  Coulson, Neil S ^a   Buchanan, Heather ^a   Aubeeluck, Aimee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Huntington's disease; Internet; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CYBERSPACE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548509498     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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