Differences in internet use and ehealth needs of adolescent and young adult versus older cancer patients: Results from the profiles registry

Carla Vlooswijk; Olga Husson; Emiel J. Krahmer; Rhodé Bijlsma; Suzanne E.J. Kaal; Sophia H.E. Sleeman; Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse; Winette T.A. van der Graaf; Nadine Bol; Mies C. van Eenbergen

doi:10.3390/cancers13246308

Differences in internet use and ehealth needs of adolescent and young adult versus older cancer patients: Results from the profiles registry

Carla Vlooswijk, Olga Husson^*, Emiel J. Krahmer, Rhodé Bijlsma, Suzanne E.J. Kaal, Sophia H.E. Sleeman, Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, Nadine Bol, Mies C. van Eenbergen

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Background: Our aim was to evaluate differences in cancer-related internet patterns between AYAs (adolescents and young adults; 18–39 years at time of diagnosis) and older adult cancer patients (40+ years). Methods: Cross-sectional surveys were distributed among AYA and older adult cancer patients regarding cancer-related internet use and eHealth needs. Results: 299 AYAs (mean age 31.8 years) and 270 older adults (mean age 55.8 years) participated. AYAs searched significantly more often on the internet on a daily basis just before diagnosis (45% vs. 37%), right after diagnosis (71% vs. 62%) and during treatment (65% vs. 59%) compared to older adults. During follow up, there was a trend that AYAs searched less often on the internet compared to older adults (15% vs. 17%). AYAs searched more often on topics, such as alternative or complementary therapies, treatment guidelines, fertility, end of life, sexuality and intimacy, lifestyle and insurance. AYAs felt significantly better informed (75%) after searching for cancer-related information compared to older adults (65%) and had significantly less unmet needs regarding access to their own medical information (22% vs. 47%). AYAs search more on the internet on a daily basis/several times per week in the diagnosis and treatment phase than older cancer patients. They search on different topics than older adults and seems to have less unmet eHealth needs.It is important that these are easy to find and reliable.

Original language	English
Article number	6308
Journal	Cancers
Volume	13
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246308
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2021

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Funding:
The COMPRAYA study was funded by an Infrastructural grant (#11788) of the Dutch
Cancer Society (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Olga Husson is supported by a personal research
grant (VIDI; #198.007—Facing the unthinkable in the prime of life: Prevalence, risk factors and
mechanisms of impaired medical and psychosocial health outcomes among adolescents and young
adults with cancer) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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Vlooswijk, C., Husson, O., Krahmer, E. J., Bijlsma, R., Kaal, S. E. J., Sleeman, S. H. E., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., van der Graaf, W. T. A., Bol, N., & van Eenbergen, M. C. (2021). Differences in internet use and ehealth needs of adolescent and young adult versus older cancer patients: Results from the profiles registry. Cancers, 13(24), Article 6308. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246308

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Differences in internet use and ehealth needs of adolescent and young adult versus older cancer patients: Results from the profiles registry

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