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Internet support and information for women with breast cancer.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Internet support and information for women with breast cancer./
Author:	Owen, Jason Edward.
Description:	233 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: B, page: 4055.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-08B.
Subject:	Psychology, Clinical. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3101534

Internet support and information for women with breast cancer.
Owen, Jason Edward.

Internet support and information for women with breast cancer. - 233 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: B, page: 4055.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2003.

Adjuvant psychological therapies for persons diagnosed with cancer have been shown to significantly improve physical and psychological well-being of patients. However, few patients actually participate in such therapies. The emerging technologies associated with the Internet may be useful for making adjuvant psychological therapies for cancer patients more accessible. The purpose of this series of studies was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of providing psychooocial interventions using the Internet to breast cancer patients at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center. Five studies were employed to attain this goal. In the first study, undergraduates with a loved one previously diagnosed with cancer were randomly assigned to 3 forms of training in order to evaluate the effect of preparation on subsequent participation in online support groups. In the second study, communication styles and patterns of use were examined among breast and prostate cancer patients using the Internet. In the third study, factors associated with interest and participation in an online support group for women with breast cancer were evaluated. In the fourth study, a randomized clinical trial of an internet-based adjuvant psychological therapy for women with breast cancer was implemented. In the final study, we examined the relationship between clinical outcomes associated with the clinical trial and psychological mechanisms and patterns of communication. Results of these studies suggest that use of the Internet to provide psychological support to persons living with cancer is feasible and modestly effective. Using computerized group facilitation; patients in the online support group exhibited greater participation than women participating in nonfacilitated online discussion groups. Participation in the online support group was associated with modest benefits in emotional well-being. The results of these studies have clear implications for the development of widely accessible psychosocial support services and suggest that, until computer facilitation is able to provide individually tailored feedback to participants, professional human facilitation remains the gold standard psychological treatment of cancer-related distress.Subjects--Topical Terms:

524864
Psychology, Clinical.

Internet support and information for women with breast cancer.
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