Social Support in a Diabetes Online Community: Mixed Methods Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with diabetes may experience different needs according to their diabetes stage. These needs may be met via online health communities in which individuals seek health-related information and exchange different types of social support. Understanding the social support categories that may be more important for different diabetes stages may help diabetes online communities (DOCs) provide more tailored support to web-based users.

Objective

This study aimed to explore and quantify the categorical patterns of social support observed in a DOC, taking into consideration users' different diabetes stages, including prediabetes, type 2 diabetes (T2D), T2D with insulin treatment, and T2D remission.

Methods

Data were collected from one of the largest DOCs in Eur

SUBMITTER: Da Moura Semedo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9945924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature