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Trial reportJournal of health communication2012

Creating a bond between caregivers online: effect on caregivers' coping strategies.

Kang Namkoong, Lori L DuBenske, Bret R Shaw, David H Gustafson, Robert P Hawkins, Dhavan V Shah, Fiona M McTavish, James F Cleary

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Trial report in Journal of health communication, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kang NamkoongSchool of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. namkoong@wisc.edu
Lori L DuBenske
Bret R Shaw
David H Gustafson
Robert P Hawkins
Dhavan V Shah
Fiona M McTavish
James F Cleary
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Using Technology to Enhance Cancer Communication and Improve Clinical OutcomesP50CA095817 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BURNSIDE, ELIZABETH S · 2003 to 2012
$19.3M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA095817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous studies have investigated the effect of Interactive Cancer Communication Systems (ICCSs) on system users' improvements in psychosocial status. Research in this area, however, has focused mostly on cancer patients, rather than on caregivers, and on the direct effects of ICCSs on improved outcomes, rather than on the psychological mechanisms of ICCS effects. To understand the underlying mechanisms, this study examines the mediating role of perceived caregiver bonding in the relation between one ICCS (the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System [CHESS]) use and caregivers' coping strategies. To test the hypotheses, a secondary analysis of data was conducted on 246 caregivers of lung cancer patients. These caregivers were randomly assigned to (a) the Internet, with links to high-quality lung cancer websites, or (b) access to CHESS, which integrated information, communication, and interactive coaching tools. Findings suggest that perceived bonding has positive effects on caregivers' appraisal and problem-focused coping strategies, and it mediates the effect of ICCS on the coping strategies 6 months after the intervention has begun.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalInformation ServicesObject AttachmentOnline SystemsCaregiversFemaleHumansInternetLung NeoplasmsMaleSocial Support

Identifiers

PMID22004055
PMCPMC3536448
OpenAlexW2030572138

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