Online Support Group Study - Request for Help

July 19, 2009

Hi,

I am currently undertaking research as part of an MSc degree within the

Institute of Work, Health & Organisations (I-WHO), which is a postgraduate

institute of applied psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

The overall purpose of the project is to investigate how the use of online

support groups affects users' feelings about themselves and their illness, and

how this impacts on the doctor/patient relationship. More specifically it is

concerned with if and how users become empowered, whether users feel comfortable

using online information in consultations with healthcare professionals and

whether using a support group has had any effect on the doctor - patient

relationship.

I have designed a questionnaire to investigate this based on previous research

findings in this area and would be grateful if you would consider taking part,

the link is:

It is mainly tick boxes with a few longer answer questions and it should take

around 15 minutes to complete.

Participation in this research is completely voluntary and anonymous, you can

also withdraw your data at any time. This study has received ethical approval

from the I-WHO Ethics Committee.

If you have any questions regarding this research please feel free to email me

on lwxykb@... <mailto:lwxykb@...> .

Many thanks,

Kiera Bartlett

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