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Including a discussion forum in a web-based intervention on fertility and sexuality following cancer - Usage and content.
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- Let's Talk About Sex: A Systematic Review of What Childhood Cancer Patients and Survivors Really Want to Know About Sex.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Fertility-Related Concerns in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Systematic Review.Cancer medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Digital health interventions for oncofertility in female patients: a systematic review.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Pooled it
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- Exploration of experience and sustained engagement with a web-based cognitive rehabilitation intervention amongst patients with aggressive lymphoma: a qualitative sub-study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Examining the impact of a multimedia intervention on decisional conflict and psychological distress among early-stage breast cancer patients: results from a nationwide RCT.Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- The role of a discussion forum within a web-based psychoeducational intervention focusing on sex and fertility-What do young adults communicate?Cancer medicine · 2023Trial
- Fertility-Related Concerns in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Canadian Cohort Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention, Fex-can sex, for young adult childhood cancer survivors with sexual dysfunction: A randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2024Article
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Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate how young adult survivors of childhood cancer used an online discussion forum as part of a web-based psycho-educational intervention. Specifically, we aimed to characterize users of the discussion forum, investigate how they used the discussion forum (type of usage) and content of the posted messages. Methods: This study is a part of a randomized controlled trial, Fex-Can Childhood RCT. Participants with self-reported sexual dysfunction or fertility-related distress were drawn from a population-based national cohort. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the intervention group (n = 322) and data on usage of the discussion forum were analysed with descriptive statistics and compared between subgroups. Messages posted in the online discussion forum were analysed with qualitative thematic analysis. Results: Approximately half (48 %) of participants in the intervention group accessed the discussion forum and most of them (76 %) without writing own posts. Users of the discussion forum did not statistically differ in sociodemographic or clinical characteristics from the rest of the intervention group. The 97 written posts, written by 38 individuals, were mainly descriptions of own experiences and thoughts and concerned three themes: Conclusions: A discussion forum as part of a web-based intervention appears to be a valuable component by giving participants an opportunity to share intimate experiences and concerns related to surviving cancer. Trial registration: ISRCTN Registry, trial number: 33081791 (registered on November 27, 2019).
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