Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Conference Papers Conference Paper Faculty Publications- Conference Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Impact of Perceived Social Support on Patient Empowerment: A Study of Online Patient Support Groups Subject The topic of the resource Online health communities; Online patient support groups; Patient empowerment; Perceived social support Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pandey V.; Saha S.K.; Mukherjee S.; Nair S.V.R.; Jha A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol-1037 LNEE, pp. 111-117. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1983-3_11" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1983-3_11</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85169058436&amp;doi=10.1007%2F978-981-99-1983-3_11&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e413447e54830d843c3e62f415612321" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85169058436&amp;doi=10.1007%2f978-981-99-1983-3_11&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e413447e54830d843c3e62f415612321</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 18761100; ISBN: 978-981991982-6 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Conference paper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 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