Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community

Objectives Breast cancer (BC) impacts the patients’ quality of life. Peer support can provide emotional understanding and enhances access to information, social support, coping strategies, and empowerment. Comunitats is an online peer support community app for BC survivors that involves healthcare p...

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Autores: Ruiz Romeo, Marina, Ciria Suárez, Laura, Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos, Serra Blasco, María, Souto-Sampera, Arnau, Flix-Valle, Aida, Arizu-Onassis, Alejandra, Morales Moncada, Carla, Villanueva Bueno, Cristina, Escudero Vilaplana, Vicente, Juan-Linares, Eva, Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Oncologia
Malalts de càncer
Càncer de mama
Oncology
Cancer patients
Breast cancer
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spelling Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support communityRuiz Romeo, MarinaCiria Suárez, Laura Medina Alcaraz, Juan CarlosSerra Blasco, MaríaSouto-Sampera, ArnauFlix-Valle, AidaArizu-Onassis, AlejandraMorales Moncada, CarlaVillanueva Bueno, CristinaEscudero Vilaplana, VicenteJuan-Linares, EvaOchoa Arnedo, CristianOncologiaMalalts de càncerCàncer de mamaOncologyCancer patientsBreast cancerObjectives Breast cancer (BC) impacts the patients’ quality of life. Peer support can provide emotional understanding and enhances access to information, social support, coping strategies, and empowerment. Comunitats is an online peer support community app for BC survivors that involves healthcare professionals. This study aims to explore how participation in Comunitats promotes empowerment, and to identify the variables related to it. Methods A prospective, cross-sectional approach was applied. One hundred twenty-one women diagnosed with BC were included in Comunitats. Sociodemographic and clinical variables, along with measures of emotional distress (HADS), posttraumatic growth (PTGI), and empowerment (Van Uden-Kraan’s Empowerment Questionnaire), were collected through an online questionnaire completed by the participants. Additionally, data on participation in the online community were obtained directly from the app. Assessments were conducted at inclusion and again 3 months later. Correlations were used to guide linear regression analysis to identify the variables predicting greater empowerment outcomes. Results Empowerment assessment indicated that participants felt empowered by their involvement in Comunitats. The most commonly experienced empowerment outcomes were “being better informed” and “improved acceptance of the illness. “Exchanging information” and “fnding recognition” were the most strongly experienced empowerment processes and the strongest predictors of empowerment outcomes in the regression analysis. Conclusion Involvement in Comunitats enhances empowerment in BC survivors. Empowering processes within the community partially predict overall empowerment outcomes. Practical implications Empowerment positively impacts self-care autonomy, self-efcacy, and treatment adherence, promoting healthier lifestyles and enhanced treatment outcomes. Therefore, we recommend encouraging participation in online peer support communities, as it might enhance empowerment.Springer Verlag2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/219794Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-09119-5Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024, vol. 33, num.1, 56https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-09119-5cc by (c) Ruiz Romeo, Marina et al., 2024https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2197942026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
title Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
spellingShingle Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
Ruiz Romeo, Marina
Oncologia
Malalts de càncer
Càncer de mama
Oncology
Cancer patients
Breast cancer
title_short Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
title_full Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
title_fullStr Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
title_full_unstemmed Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
title_sort Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ruiz Romeo, Marina
Ciria Suárez, Laura
Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos
Serra Blasco, María
Souto-Sampera, Arnau
Flix-Valle, Aida
Arizu-Onassis, Alejandra
Morales Moncada, Carla
Villanueva Bueno, Cristina
Escudero Vilaplana, Vicente
Juan-Linares, Eva
Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
author Ruiz Romeo, Marina
author_facet Ruiz Romeo, Marina
Ciria Suárez, Laura
Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos
Serra Blasco, María
Souto-Sampera, Arnau
Flix-Valle, Aida
Arizu-Onassis, Alejandra
Morales Moncada, Carla
Villanueva Bueno, Cristina
Escudero Vilaplana, Vicente
Juan-Linares, Eva
Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
author_role author
author2 Ciria Suárez, Laura
Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos
Serra Blasco, María
Souto-Sampera, Arnau
Flix-Valle, Aida
Arizu-Onassis, Alejandra
Morales Moncada, Carla
Villanueva Bueno, Cristina
Escudero Vilaplana, Vicente
Juan-Linares, Eva
Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Oncologia
Malalts de càncer
Càncer de mama
Oncology
Cancer patients
Breast cancer
topic Oncologia
Malalts de càncer
Càncer de mama
Oncology
Cancer patients
Breast cancer
description Objectives Breast cancer (BC) impacts the patients’ quality of life. Peer support can provide emotional understanding and enhances access to information, social support, coping strategies, and empowerment. Comunitats is an online peer support community app for BC survivors that involves healthcare professionals. This study aims to explore how participation in Comunitats promotes empowerment, and to identify the variables related to it. Methods A prospective, cross-sectional approach was applied. One hundred twenty-one women diagnosed with BC were included in Comunitats. Sociodemographic and clinical variables, along with measures of emotional distress (HADS), posttraumatic growth (PTGI), and empowerment (Van Uden-Kraan’s Empowerment Questionnaire), were collected through an online questionnaire completed by the participants. Additionally, data on participation in the online community were obtained directly from the app. Assessments were conducted at inclusion and again 3 months later. Correlations were used to guide linear regression analysis to identify the variables predicting greater empowerment outcomes. Results Empowerment assessment indicated that participants felt empowered by their involvement in Comunitats. The most commonly experienced empowerment outcomes were “being better informed” and “improved acceptance of the illness. “Exchanging information” and “fnding recognition” were the most strongly experienced empowerment processes and the strongest predictors of empowerment outcomes in the regression analysis. Conclusion Involvement in Comunitats enhances empowerment in BC survivors. Empowering processes within the community partially predict overall empowerment outcomes. Practical implications Empowerment positively impacts self-care autonomy, self-efcacy, and treatment adherence, promoting healthier lifestyles and enhanced treatment outcomes. Therefore, we recommend encouraging participation in online peer support communities, as it might enhance empowerment.
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