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Internet use and breast cancer survivors

A survey was administered to 400 breast cancer survivors at hospitals and support group meetings in Peninsular Malaysia to explore their level of Internet use and factors related to the Internet use by breast cancer survivors. Findings of this study indicated that about 22.5% of breast cancer surviv...

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Main Authors: Muhamad, Mazanah, Afshari, Mojgan, Mohamed, Nor Aini
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Language:English
Published: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49967/1/Internet%20use%20and%20breast%20cancer%20survivors.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.499672016-12-30T05:37:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49967/ Internet use and breast cancer survivors Muhamad, Mazanah Afshari, Mojgan Mohamed, Nor Aini A survey was administered to 400 breast cancer survivors at hospitals and support group meetings in Peninsular Malaysia to explore their level of Internet use and factors related to the Internet use by breast cancer survivors. Findings of this study indicated that about 22.5% of breast cancer survivors used Internet to get information about breast health issues. They had access to computer in their more personalized spaces such as at their home and in their workplace. Breast cancer survivors tended to use Internet to get information about cancer and treatment options especially on radiotherapy, chemotherapy, health management, treatment side effects and dietary practice. Majority of Internet users believed that information on the Internet were not useful to improve their knowledge about health care issues. Also, significant relationships exist between level of Internet use and five independent variables, including, age, education level, annual income, residence, and race/ethnicity. It is suggested that health care providers should realize how Web-based intervention programs can help breast cancer patients and then encourage patients to use Internet to get highly information to integrate them into their medical and psychological care. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49967/1/Internet%20use%20and%20breast%20cancer%20survivors.pdf Muhamad, Mazanah and Afshari, Mojgan and Mohamed, Nor Aini (2011) Internet use and breast cancer survivors. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 10 (4). pp. 241-247. ISSN 1303-6521 http://www.tojet.net/
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description A survey was administered to 400 breast cancer survivors at hospitals and support group meetings in Peninsular Malaysia to explore their level of Internet use and factors related to the Internet use by breast cancer survivors. Findings of this study indicated that about 22.5% of breast cancer survivors used Internet to get information about breast health issues. They had access to computer in their more personalized spaces such as at their home and in their workplace. Breast cancer survivors tended to use Internet to get information about cancer and treatment options especially on radiotherapy, chemotherapy, health management, treatment side effects and dietary practice. Majority of Internet users believed that information on the Internet were not useful to improve their knowledge about health care issues. Also, significant relationships exist between level of Internet use and five independent variables, including, age, education level, annual income, residence, and race/ethnicity. It is suggested that health care providers should realize how Web-based intervention programs can help breast cancer patients and then encourage patients to use Internet to get highly information to integrate them into their medical and psychological care.
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author Muhamad, Mazanah
Afshari, Mojgan
Mohamed, Nor Aini
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Internet use and breast cancer survivors
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title Internet use and breast cancer survivors
title_short Internet use and breast cancer survivors
title_full Internet use and breast cancer survivors
title_fullStr Internet use and breast cancer survivors
title_full_unstemmed Internet use and breast cancer survivors
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publisher The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49967/1/Internet%20use%20and%20breast%20cancer%20survivors.pdf
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