Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2017
Randomized Trial of a Social Networking Intervention for Cancer-Related Distress.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01976949 (Evaluation of a Social-networking Intervention to Reduce Cancer-related Distress), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of a Social-networking Intervention to Reduce Cancer-related Distress
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Social media-based interventions for patients with cancer: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised controlled trials.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of connected health interventions on psychological wellbeing and quality of life in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psycho-oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Therapist-led interventions for the treatment of traumatic stress symptoms in cancer survivors: A systematic literature review.Psycho-oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness-A systematic review.European journal of cancer care · 2018Pooled it
- A Decision Tree Analysis on the Impact of a Technology-Based Program on Symptom Distress: Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2022Trial
- Lifestyle intervention for Latina cancer survivors and caregivers: the Nuestra Salud randomized pilot trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021Trial
- Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial of SONATA: A social network intervention for older adults with advanced cancer.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2026Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for mental health in cancer patients and survivors.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Digital Health Psychosocial Intervention in Adult Patients With Cancer and Their Families: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR cancer · 2024Review
- Digital Health Interventions for Adult Patients With Cancer Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Patient preference attributes in eHealth interventions for cancer-related fatigue: A scoping review.European journal of cancer care · 2022Article
- Coping profiles predict long-term anxiety trajectory in breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Social Relationships and Functional Impairment in Aging Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Social Network Study.The Gerontologist · 2020Article
- Decreasing the Impact of Anxiety on Cancer Prevention through Online Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Description, characterization, and evaluation of an online social networking community: the American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Network®.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2018Article
- Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors in the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2018Observational
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundWeb and mobile technologies appear to hold promise for delivering evidence-informed and evidence-based intervention to cancer survivors and others living with trauma and other psychological concerns. Health-space.net was developed as a comprehensive online social networking and coping skills training program for cancer survivors living with distress. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 12-week social networking intervention on distress, depression, anxiety, vigor, and fatigue in cancer survivors reporting high levels of cancer-related distress.
methodsWe recruited 347 participants from a local cancer registry and internet, and all were randomized to either a 12-week waiting list control group or to immediate access to the intervention. Intervention participants received secure access to the study website, which provided extensive social networking capabilities and coping skills training exercises facilitated by a professional facilitator.
resultsAcross time, the prevalence of clinically significant depression symptoms declined from 67 to 34 % in both conditions. The health-space.net intervention had greater declines in fatigue than the waitlist control group, but the intervention did not improve outcomes for depression, trauma-related anxiety symptoms, or overall mood disturbance. For those with more severe levels of anxiety at baseline, greater engagement with the intervention was associated with higher levels of symptom reduction over time.
conclusionsThe intervention resulted in small but significant effects on fatigue but not other primary or secondary outcomes. Results suggest that this social networking intervention may be most effective for those who have distress that is not associated with high levels of anxiety symptoms or very poor overall psychological functioning. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: The trial was registered with the ClinicalTrials.gov database ( ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT01976949).
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