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Web Chats Help the Chronically Ill

Posted by Zonk on from the now-we-need-interactive-sites-that-do-real-customer-service dept.

Stephen Samuel writes "Both the CBC and the BBC are reporting on the results of a survey which found that along with an informative, up-to-date, and non-commercialized site, chat-rooms are crucial to the health and well-being of chronically ill patients being provided with 'interactive health communication applications'. Read the original summary of the report (PDF), or google's HTML translation of same" From the BBC article: "The researchers found such sites have largely positive effects on users, making them feel better informed and more socially supported. Overall, people who used such sites appeared to see improvements in the way they looked after their health and in their clinical condition. They also had improved self-efficacy - a person's belief in their ability to carry out potentially-beneficial actions. "

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  1. This just in... by Rob_Ogilvie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Socializing makes humans feel better.

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    Rob
  2. Wait, when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..were Web Chats Help the Chronically II and Web Chats Help the Chronically I posted?

  3. Exception by obli · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know one chronic illness it doesn't do anything good for - MMORPG addictions.

  4. The one part that corporate America needs to see by Caspian · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...along with an informative, up-to-date, and non-commercialized site...


    Translation: Nobody likes pop-ups, pop-unders, annoying Flash ads, "Will you take our survey?" ads, or obvious commercial slant on Web pages.
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    With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?