Dissecting an Online Intervention for Cancer Survivors: Four Exploratory Analyses of Internet Engagement and Its Effects on Health Status and Health Behaviors

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-45

  Chen, Zhenghao ^a   Koh, Pang Wei ^a   Ritter, Philip L ^a   Lorig, Kate ^a   Bantum, Erin O’Carroll ^b   Saria, Suchi ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer survivorship; engagement; online interventions; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; READING; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WRITING;

EID: 84920939445     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114550822     Document Type: Article

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