NCT00961610

Internet-based Support in Cancer Rehabilitation

Internet-based Support in the Rehabilitation of Danish Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 794 (actual)
• Sponsor: Danish Cancer Society · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

This 2-arm randomized trial assessed the incremental effect of providing a lecture on Internet use followed by participation in an Internet-based peer support group following a week-long rehabilitation program, over and above any possible general effect of participation in the rehabilitation program. Primary outcome measures are adjustment to cancer and mood disturbance.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet peer-support group	The Internet peer-support groups provided a self-guided space for communication, including an Internet discussion forum, a live chat room and a personal message system. No therapeutic content or information services were offered within the groups. All Internet groups were run in a browser-based software platform with access through the website of the Danish Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.dk). All discussions were protected by a password and communication was encrypted. The Internet groups in this study were all closed peer-support groups, accessible only by an invitation received by e-mail after registration for the study. The groups were open to access 24 h a day for 13 months from their individual starting date.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-04-01
• Primary completion: 2006-12-01
• Completion: 2006-12-01
• First posted: 2009-08-19
• Last updated: 2009-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark