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OBJECTIVE:Breast cancer survivors often turn to the internet as an information resource when deciding whether to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) but their use of online CAM-related resources is poorly understood. The objective was to explore breast cancer survivors' use of the internet when making decisions about CAM use. DESIGN:A purposive sample of 11 breast cancer survivors (mean age=56) completed a quantitative questionnaire and a qualitative telephone interview. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was used to guide interview questions. Framework analysis and descriptive statistics were used. SETTING:United Kingdom. RESULTS:All participants found information on CAM using the internet and used some form of CAM after their diagnosis. Themes from the interviews went beyond the standard definitions of the TPB areas. Despite the lack of approval from their social network and healthcare team, participants used the internet to find information on CAM. Further, participants' cancer diagnosis changed their needs, transforming how they perceived and experienced the internet CONCLUSIONS: Participants' use of the internet was more complex than can easily be explained by the TPB and was inherently connected to the experience of self-management for the consequences of cancer and its treatment. As breast cancer survivors may not disclose their use of the internet to their healthcare team, healthcare professionals need to be aware that the information available on the internet plays a factor in the decision-making process to use CAM.
journal_name
Complement Ther Medjournal_title
Complementary therapies in medicineauthors
Holmes MM,Bishop FL,Calman Ldoi
10.1016/j.ctim.2017.06.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-08-01 00:00:00pages
78-84eissn
0965-2299issn
1873-6963pii
S0965-2299(17)30005-5journal_volume
33pub_type
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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doi:10.1054/ctim.2001.0475
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2006.06.006
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2013.12.013
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2015.12.013
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2016.12.005
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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