Experiences of Blogging About Visible and Long-term Skin Conditions: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skin conditions can detract from people's quality of life, much like conditions such as cancer, chronic pain, and depression. Visible skin conditions can lead to risk of stigmatization. It is acknowledged that there is a lack of available psychosocial support for people living with chronic skin conditions. One way in which individuals with long-term conditions are self-managing and providing peer support is through blogging and exchanging information on the web. To date, no research has specifically investigated how individuals with skin conditions experience the use blogging for self-management.

Objective

This study sought to investigate the experiences of individuals with visible, long-term skin conditions when blogging about their conditions.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Tour SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334883 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature