Impact of Perceived Social Support on Patient Empowerment: A Study of Online Patient Support Groups
- Title
- Impact of Perceived Social Support on Patient Empowerment: A Study of Online Patient Support Groups
- Creator
- Pandey V.; Saha S.K.; Mukherjee S.; Nair S.V.R.; Jha A.
- Description
- Disease-specific online patient support groups have emerged predominantly in last 30years, and these are being visited by a large number of patents. These platforms obviously bring important benefits to the patients visiting them. An important variable is the perceived social support that patients feel they derive while interacting with healthcare providers and fellow patients over there. Patient empowerment is another variable, and which has been found to be a critical factor in overall well-being of patients. How does the perceived social support felt by patients visiting an online patient support group impact their perceived empowerment? This paper explores this question. Research design is associative, and for which the data has been procured online from the patients visiting online patient support groups. The questionnaire comprises of an independent variable (perceived social support) and a dependent variable (patient empowerment). Validated scales have been used. For analysis, a factor analysis was undertaken to reconfirm the validity of the scales. Thereafter, regression equation has been developed to measure the impact. Results show that the model obtained passes the fitness and the independent variable has a significant positive association with patient empowerment. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- Source
- Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol-1037 LNEE, pp. 111-117.
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Subject
- Online health communities; Online patient support groups; Patient empowerment; Perceived social support
- Coverage
- Pandey V., Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, SMU, Majitar, India; Saha S.K., Christ University, Bangalore, India; Mukherjee S., Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, SMU, Majitar, India; Nair S.V.R., Christ University, Bangalore, India; Jha A., Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, SMU, Majitar, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 18761100; ISBN: 978-981991982-6
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Conference paper
Collection
Citation
Pandey V.; Saha S.K.; Mukherjee S.; Nair S.V.R.; Jha A., “Impact of Perceived Social Support on Patient Empowerment: A Study of Online Patient Support Groups,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/19894.