Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham, UK.
Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Nov;81(2):315-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.007. Epub 2010 Feb 7.
To examine communication within an online infertility support group.
A content analysis of 3500 messages posted to infertility bulletin boards.
The most frequently used self-help mechanisms were support or empathy (45.5%) and sharing personal experiences (45.4%), followed by the provision of information and advice (15.9%), gratitude (12.5%), friendship (9.9%), chit-chat (9.4%), requests for information or advice (6.8%) and universality (4.8%), with negative statements (0.3%) and creative expressions (0.2%) being the least frequent categories.
These findings suggest that online support groups can provide a viable alternative source of support for couples dealing with infertility.
Health care professionals interested in developing online support interventions should look to tailor support resources to the specific needs of patients at different stages of the infertility journey.
考察在线不孕不育支持小组内的交流情况。
对不孕不育公告牌上发布的 3500 条消息进行内容分析。
最常使用的自助机制是支持或同情（45.5%）和分享个人经历（45.4%），其次是提供信息和建议（15.9%）、感激（12.5%）、友谊（9.9%）、闲聊（9.4%）、信息或建议的请求（6.8%）和普遍性（4.8%），负面陈述（0.3%）和创造性表达（0.2%）的出现频率最低。
这些发现表明，在线支持小组可为处理不孕不育问题的夫妇提供一种可行的替代支持来源。
有兴趣开发在线支持干预措施的医疗保健专业人员应着眼于根据不孕不育旅程不同阶段患者的具体需求来调整支持资源。
