Comparing support to breast cancer patients from online communities and face-to-face support groups

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Setoyama, Yoko ^a   Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^b   Nakayama, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Face to face support group; Japan; Online community; Support resource

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FACE TO FACE SUPPORT GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE COMMUNITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80053942398     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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