What is the role of online support from the perspective of facilitators of face-to-face support groups? A multi-method study of the use of breast cancer online communities

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 472-479

  Bender, Jacqueline L ^a,b   Katz, Joel ^c   Ferris, Lorraine E ^a   Jadad, Alejandro R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internet; Online communities; Peer support; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTI METHOD STUDY; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84888386766     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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