Analysis of Content Shared in Online Cancer Communities: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The content that cancer patients and their relatives (ie, posters) share in online cancer communities has been researched in various ways. In the past decade, researchers have used automated analysis methods in addition to manual coding methods. Patients, providers, researchers, and health care professionals can learn from experienced patients, provided that their experience is findable. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to systematically review all relevant literature that analyzes user-generated content shared within online cancer communities. We reviewed the quality of available research and the kind of content that posters share with each other on the internet. METHODS:A computerized literature search was performed via PubMed (MEDLINE), PsycINFO (5 and 4 stars), Cochrane C

SUBMITTER: van Eenbergen MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5904449 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature