Benefits of peer support in online Japanese breast cancer communities: differences between lurkers and posters

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Setoyama, Yoko ^a,b   Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^c   Namayama, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Health Care Science Institute   (Japan)

^c Nishiyama Kogyo Ochanomizu Building 5F   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Japan; Lurkers; Mental health; Online support groups; Patients; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84859911132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1696     Document Type: Article

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