Research Article
Role of Theories in the Design of Web-Based Person-Centered Support: A Critical Analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of the four cases of web-based support included*.
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| | Target group | Preschool children (aged 4–6) with bladder dysfunction and urogenital malformation. | Young adults (aged 16–25) living with mental illness. | Women with type 1 diabetes who are pregnant or in early motherhood (up to infancy of 6 months). | Women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer. |
| Components of
web support | Web support with specially developed themes of pictures and stories. Communication between children and a “web teacher” using Skype. | Web support for providing information, learning, and self-care as well as peer and professional support. | Web support for providing information, self-management tool for documentation, and peer support. | CD disk and web support with information and expert lectures on different topics (medical facts and social and psychological aspects) |
| | Design of trial | Consecutive selection with matched controls | Randomized, controlled trial | Randomized, controlled trial | Randomized, controlled trial |
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A similar table of these basic aspects was published in [22].
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