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Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017

BACKGROUND: Given the major changes in internet use for health communication, the objective of the current study was to compare the internet use and wishes of cancer survivors between 2005 and 2017. METHODS: The authors drew a sample of 390 patients in 2005 and 539 patients in 2017 who were diagnose...

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Autores principales: van Eenbergen, Mies C. H. J., Vromans, Ruben D., Boll, Dorry, Kil, Paul J. M., Vos, Caroline M., Krahmer, Emiel J., Mols, Floortje, van de Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V.
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7004117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31580497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32524
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author van Eenbergen, Mies C. H. J.
Vromans, Ruben D.
Boll, Dorry
Kil, Paul J. M.
Vos, Caroline M.
Krahmer, Emiel J.
Mols, Floortje
van de Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V.
author_facet van Eenbergen, Mies C. H. J.
Vromans, Ruben D.
Boll, Dorry
Kil, Paul J. M.
Vos, Caroline M.
Krahmer, Emiel J.
Mols, Floortje
van de Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V.
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description BACKGROUND: Given the major changes in internet use for health communication, the objective of the current study was to compare the internet use and wishes of cancer survivors between 2005 and 2017. METHODS: The authors drew a sample of 390 patients in 2005 and 539 patients in 2017 who were diagnosed with breast (128 patients in 2005 and 143 patients in 2017), prostate (96 patients in 2005 and 126 patients in 2017), or gynecologic (89 patients in 2005 and 188 patients in 2017) cancer or lymphoma (77 patients in 2005 and 82 patients in 2017) in 4 different hospitals for the periods 2002 through 2004 and 2014 through 2016. These patients were sent a paper‐based questionnaire that contained 45 questions regarding demographics and 4 functions of internet use: content, communication, community, and e‐health. RESULTS: The response in 2017 (53%) was lower than that in 2005 (75%). Survivors browsed the internet most frequently to search for information regarding cancer shortly after being diagnosed and while waiting for treatment. There was little change noted with regard to the relative importance attached to the various subjects. In 2017, significant increases were evident with regard to finances (+33%), health care insurance (+29%), and genetics and/or heritability (+27%). The wishes expressed in 2005 by patients were realized in part in 2017. CONCLUSIONS: A significant sample of cancer survivors in the Netherlands have indicated that the internet is an important source of information regarding their illness. However, little change was evident over the past 15 years with regard to patients' priorities regarding their wishes for internet use. The wishes of users in 2005 were found to accurately reflect the internet use of the majority of patients in 2017. The results of the current study support the belief that health care professionals should expand their online services and tailor them toward the needs and wishes of their patients.
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spelling pubmed-70041172020-02-11 Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017 van Eenbergen, Mies C. H. J. Vromans, Ruben D. Boll, Dorry Kil, Paul J. M. Vos, Caroline M. Krahmer, Emiel J. Mols, Floortje van de Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V. Cancer Original Articles BACKGROUND: Given the major changes in internet use for health communication, the objective of the current study was to compare the internet use and wishes of cancer survivors between 2005 and 2017. METHODS: The authors drew a sample of 390 patients in 2005 and 539 patients in 2017 who were diagnosed with breast (128 patients in 2005 and 143 patients in 2017), prostate (96 patients in 2005 and 126 patients in 2017), or gynecologic (89 patients in 2005 and 188 patients in 2017) cancer or lymphoma (77 patients in 2005 and 82 patients in 2017) in 4 different hospitals for the periods 2002 through 2004 and 2014 through 2016. These patients were sent a paper‐based questionnaire that contained 45 questions regarding demographics and 4 functions of internet use: content, communication, community, and e‐health. RESULTS: The response in 2017 (53%) was lower than that in 2005 (75%). Survivors browsed the internet most frequently to search for information regarding cancer shortly after being diagnosed and while waiting for treatment. There was little change noted with regard to the relative importance attached to the various subjects. In 2017, significant increases were evident with regard to finances (+33%), health care insurance (+29%), and genetics and/or heritability (+27%). The wishes expressed in 2005 by patients were realized in part in 2017. CONCLUSIONS: A significant sample of cancer survivors in the Netherlands have indicated that the internet is an important source of information regarding their illness. However, little change was evident over the past 15 years with regard to patients' priorities regarding their wishes for internet use. The wishes of users in 2005 were found to accurately reflect the internet use of the majority of patients in 2017. The results of the current study support the belief that health care professionals should expand their online services and tailor them toward the needs and wishes of their patients. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-10-03 2020-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7004117/ /pubmed/31580497 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32524 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Cancer Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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van Eenbergen, Mies C. H. J.
Vromans, Ruben D.
Boll, Dorry
Kil, Paul J. M.
Vos, Caroline M.
Krahmer, Emiel J.
Mols, Floortje
van de Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V.
Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017
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title_full Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017
title_fullStr Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017
title_full_unstemmed Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017
title_short Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017
title_sort changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: a comparison between 2005 and 2017
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7004117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31580497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32524
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