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Use Of An Enhanced Engagement Approach To Increase Engagement In An Online Support Group, Ketlyne Sol
Use Of An Enhanced Engagement Approach To Increase Engagement In An Online Support Group, Ketlyne Sol
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Online support groups (OSGs) are potentially useful resources for individuals with chronic health problems who often face challenges in receiving desired support from similar others. Barriers such as limited mobility, time, distance, and desire for anonymity limit access to this support in traditional face-to-face groups. However, engagement in OSGs are well documented to have low user activity, despite the barriers they help to overcome. Several reasons for this low engagement are discussed. Study into engagement is limited by the fact that there are many different ways of measuring engagement, which are not consistent across studies. Furthermore, interventions to specifically improve …
Analysis Of An Online Support Group For Women With Breast Cancer, Laura Boxley
Analysis Of An Online Support Group For Women With Breast Cancer, Laura Boxley
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
With over 200,000 new diagnoses in 2004, breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women in the United States. Both the stress of treatment and the threat of a potentially lethal illness present significant challenges to an individual's emotional well-being and coping skills, yet paradoxically many women report benefits from dealing with this adversity. The aims of this investigation were to describe the characteristics of benefit finding as expressed by breast cancer survivors participating in an online breast cancer support group, and to assess the relationship between symptom distress, emotional well-being and benefit finding using baseline …