Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Gavin J, Rodham K, Coulson N, Watts L. Meeting the support needs of patients with complex regional pain syndrome through innovative use of wiki technology: a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research 2014; 2(24) Authors' conclusions Few members of the forum explicitly requested social support, but many offered it (emotional support was the most prevalent). There was evidence of both common-identity and common-bond community development from the outset. This continued to shape forum interactions throughout the 12 months of the study and set up a space that had an over-riding positive and supportive tone which enabled the members to reach out and offer support to similar others, in effect helping them to re-engage with the wider world. Future work that examines support across networked online communities is necessary. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Complex Regional Pain Syndromess; Computing Methodologies Language Published English Country of organisation England English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence HS&DR Programme, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton, Alpha House, Enterprise Road, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK Tel: +44 23 8059 4304
Email: hsdrinfo@southampton.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32014001295 Date abstract record published 31/10/2014 |