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Self-help on-line: an outcome evaluation of breast cancer bulletin boards
Morton A Lieberman1, Benjamin A Goldstein
1University of California, San Francisco 94118-0848, USA. mal@itsa.ucsf.edu
Abstract:
Many breast cancer patients find help from on-line self-help groups, consisting of self-directed, asynchronous, bulletin boards. These have yet to be empirically evaluated. Upon joining a group and 6 months later, new members (N=114) to breast cancer bulletin boards completed measures of depression (CES-D), growth (PTGI) and psychosocial wellbeing (FACT-B). Improvement was statistically significant on all three measures. This serves as a first validation of Internet bulletin boards as a source of support and help for breast cancer patients. These boards are of particular interest because they are free, accessible and support comes from peers and not from professional facilitators.
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