Trial reportPsycho-oncology2015
Project connect online: user and visitor experiences of an Internet-based intervention for women with breast cancer.
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- Factors Associated With Digital Intervention Engagement and Adherence in Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions Using Social Media for Cancer Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review.Cancer nursingPooled it
- Feasibility of a Digital Storytelling Intervention for Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Patients.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- A Content Analysis of Social Support Messages about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk within Blogs for Mothers.Health communication · 2021Article
- Exploring Strategies for Using Social Media to Self-Manage Health Care When Living With and Beyond Breast Cancer: In-Depth Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Older Breast Cancer Patients: Results From an eHealth Intervention.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Social media for breast cancer survivors: a literature review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Review
- Helping Yourself by Offering Help: Mediators of Expressive Helping in Survivors of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2017Article
- Engaging Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: The Potential of eHealth Interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study's purpose was to characterize the experience of patients with breast cancer randomly assigned to the intervention arm of Project Connect Online (PCO), a randomized controlled trial of an Internet-based intervention, and to examine relationships between website use variables and psychosocial outcomes.
methodsIn the larger PCO trial, patients with breast cancer (n = 88) were randomly assigned to an intervention or a waiting-list control. This report pertains to the 46 women in the intervention arm, a 3-h workshop for creation of personal websites with a blog function to communicate with their interpersonal network and chronicle their breast cancer experience. Participants completed assessments at 1 and 6 months. Visitors to the websites (n = 66) completed an online questionnaire.
resultsReactions to website use were positive, although lack of time was a barrier for some. Women with advanced cancer were more likely to use their websites. Women found the websites useful for telling the story of their experience and expressing emotions. Positive word use was associated with heightened positive mood at 6 months; negative word use was associated with improved depressive symptoms. Visitors were most commonly female friends of participants who valued the websites as a way to connect emotionally with participants and receive information about their health.
conclusionsSpecific aspects of patients' blogs predicted improvements in psychosocial functioning. Personal websites can help women with breast cancer construct a narrative of their experience, express emotions, and receive the social support they need, particularly from friends and extended family.
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