Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
internet support, cancer, rehabilitation
Brief summary
This 2-arm randomized trial assessed the incremental effect of providing a lecture on Internet use followed by participation in an Internet-based peer support group following a week-long rehabilitation program, over and above any possible general effect of participation in the rehabilitation program. Primary outcome measures are adjustment to cancer and mood disturbance.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALInternet peer-support group
The Internet peer-support groups provided a self-guided space for communication, including an Internet discussion forum, a live chat room and a personal message system. No therapeutic content or information services were offered within the groups. All Internet groups were run in a browser-based software platform with access through the website of the Danish Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.dk). All discussions were protected by a password and communication was encrypted. The Internet groups in this study were all closed peer-support groups, accessible only by an invitation received by e-mail after registration for the study. The groups were open to access 24 h a day for 13 months from their individual starting date.
Sponsors
TrygFonden, Denmark
IMK Almene Fond
Danish Cancer Society
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* Cancer survivors who were randomized for or self-selected to a rehabilitation course at the Dallund Rehabilitation Centre were included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Rehabilitation course weeks in which cancer survivors over 50 years of age were targeted specifically were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adjustment to cancer measured by the Mini-MAC scale Mood disturbance measured by POMS-SF scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-rated global health | — |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed