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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"online support group"”.
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Analysis of an Online Support Group for Women with Breast Cancer
… 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 assessment measures. Qualitative content analysis and computerized text analysis were used to …
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Use of an Enhanced Engagement Approach to Increase Engagement in an Online Support Group
<p>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 …
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Reliability and Validity of the Outcome Questionnaire in a Heterogeneous Cancer Population
… were recruited nationwide to participate in an online support group (N=187) and randomly assigned to a treatment or wait-list condition in a longitudinal randomized controlled trial. The OQ Total Score demonstrated excellent reliability (ïƒ¡ï€ = 0.92). However, the subscales varied in the …
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Expanding the Phenotype of SETD5-related Disorder through a Facebook Support Group
… and describe the experiences of using an online support group. Fifty-one members of a Facebook group specific to individuals and family members affected by <em>SETD5-</em>related disorder were surveyed about medical features, disorder-related challenges, and utility of the Facebook group …
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Klippel-Feil Syndrome: A study of parents' experiences of diagnosis, health service use, and online support in a rare disease population
… experience of diagnosis, health service use, and online support for parents who have a child diagnosed with Klippel-Feil Syndrome. The survey drew questions from the EurordisCare 2 and 3 surveys. A total of 15 parents participated in the study; parents were recruited from a closed online Facebook …
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Experiences of the non-perpetrating fathers of Munchausen syndrome by proxy victims
… Through the qualitative analysis of two online support group discussions, the Theory of the Disempowered Father emerged. Fathers may not be passive and uninvolved. Rather, distance is explained by other reasons. Their attempts at helping the child(ren) is met with the resistance of the …
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Internet Advocacy Support for Families of Children with Emotional Difficulties
… difficulties who are members of a specific online support group are examined to determine to what degree, if any, those parents are using internet resources to access sources of information for</p><p>advocacy. Twelve specific variables were collapsed into four sources of importance: Legal, …
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What Are The Lived Experiences Of Young Adults With Spina Bifida In The UK Today And What Can Be Learned From Challenges in Recruiting This Group To Online Qualitative Research? Lessons From An Unsuccessful Qualitative Online Research Study
… such as employment, social life and external support systems. The original research study aimed to gain a wider understanding of the lived experiences of 18–25-year-olds with spina bifida who attend an online support group. However, there was a lack of uptake and the dissertation was adapted. …
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Linguistic Predictors of Peer Responsiveness in an Online Cancer Support Group
Introduction: Little is known about how group cohesion develops in online support group communities. Previous research suggests that message content, selfdisclosure, and emotional expression may be central to this process. The purpose of this study was to identify linguistic and qualitative …
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The “Why” Generation: Traits and Conflict Styles of Millennials From the Workplace to the Future of Society
… overall. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups are utilized to examine the research question: “How do Millennials manage conflict in the workplace?” Further, using data from the Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, the quantitative longitudinal cohort study asks: “What are the …
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Patient Perspectives of Sickle Cell Disease Care in Emergency Centres of South African Hospitals
… were recruited from the Sickle Cell South Africa online support group and Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Surveys were completed by 51 participants and then analysed using both descriptive and comparative statistics. Open-ended interviews were conducted with eight of the participants, which …
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Patient perspectives of sickle cell disease care in emergency centres of South African Hospitals
… were recruited from the Sickle Cell South Africa online support group and Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Surveys were completed by 51 participants and then analysed using both descriptive and comparative statistics. Open-ended interviews were conducted with eight of the participants, which …
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Factitious disorder and its online variant Munchausen by Internet: understanding motivation and its impact on online users to develop a detection method
… and garner an understanding of the dynamics of online communities faced with MbI. Ground work studies were required to learn more about the disorder, to decide exactly what method of detection would be most appropriate. This involved a review of the existing literature available on MbI (paper 1; …
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Online Psychosocial Support for Oncology Patients: A Group Facilitation Manual
… by barriers that accompany traditional oncology support groups. While research has shown that online therapy is effective, the quality and efficacy of therapy is often unknown and/or sub-optimal and essential psychological care cancer patients deserve is compromised. The purpose of this project …
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Expanded Behavioral Model for Online Support Services
The rapid expansion of online technologies and health resources has created opportunities to develop broadly available interventions to address the needs of the modern patient. This study proposes a theoretical structure based on Andersen's Individual Determinants of Health Service Utilization …