Determinants of engagement in face-to-face and online patient support groups

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  van Uden Kraan, Cornelia F ^a   Drossaert, Constance H C ^b   Taal, Erik ^b   Smit, Willem M ^c   Bernelot Moens, Hein J ^d   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fibromyalgia; Online communities; Patients; Rheumatoid arthritis; Support groups; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84859922479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1718     Document Type: Article

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