Surviving and thriving with cancer using a web-based health behavior change intervention: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bantum, Erin O'Carroll ^a   Albright, Cheryl L ^b   White, Kami K ^a   Berenberg, Jeffrey L ^a,c   Layi, Gabriela ^a   Ritter, Phillip L ^d   Laurent, Diana ^d   Plant, Katy ^e   Lorig, Kate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e National Council on the Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Online interventions; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVORS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONLINE INTERVENTIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TELEMEDICINE;

CANCER SURVIVORS; ONLINE INTERVENTIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897660851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3020     Document Type: Article

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