Standard versus prosocial online support groups for distressed breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lepore, Stephen J ^a   Buzaglo, Joanne S ^b   Lieberman, Morton A ^c   Golant, Mitch ^b   Davey, Adam ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cancer Support Community   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROSOCIAL ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; STANDARD ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80052028130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-379     Document Type: Article

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