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Patterns of social media use and associations with psychosocial outcomes among breast and gynecologic cancer survivors. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice Tolby, L. T., Hofmeister, E. N., Fisher, S. n., Chao, S. n., Benedict, C. n., Kurian, A. W., Berek, J. S., Schapira, L. n., Palesh, O. G. 2020

Abstract

We sought to characterize the use of social media (SM) among breast and gynecologic cancer survivors, as well as associations between patterns of SM use and psychosocial outcomes.Two hundred seventy-three breast and gynecologic cancer survivors recruited at the Stanford Women's Cancer Center completed the study. Participants completed questionnaires to measure quality of life (FACT-G), functional social support (Duke-UNC FSSQ), distress (PHQ-4), decision regret (DRS), and SM use.In total, 75.8% of the sample reported using SM. There was no difference in quality of life (QOL), functional social support (FSS), distress, or decision regret between SM users and non-users. SM users indicated using SM for social support (34.3%) and loneliness (24.6%) more than for information-seeking (15.9%), coping (18.8%), or self-disclosure (14%). SM use for coping was associated with lower QOL (p 

View details for DOI 10.1007/s11764-020-00959-8

View details for PubMedID 33161562