Table 2.
Group Differences on Support, Participation, and Quality of life at Pre-test (N = 231)
| Variables | Non-Users (n=54) | Users (n=177)
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| All (n=177) | Lurkers (n=74) | Posters (n=103) | ||
| Social support & information | ||||
| Social support | 3.13 a (.82) | 2.93 (.88) | 3.12 a (.87) | 2.79 b (.87) |
| Information competence | 3.25 A a (.95) | 2.87 B (.82) | 2.88 (.81) | 2.86 b (.83) |
| Need for information | 3.05 (.77) | 3.01 (.78) | 2.84 a (.94) | 3.13 b (.64) |
| Quality of life | ||||
| Emotional well-being | 2.60 (1.02) | 2.39 (1.00) | 2.49 (1.05) | 2.32 (.95) |
| Functional well-being | 2.30 (1.15) | 2.36 (.97) | 2.44 (1.01) | 2.30 (.93) |
| Breast cancer concerns | 1.47 (.83) | 1.48 (.71) | 1.45 (.70) | 1.50 (.66) |
| Participation in health care | ||||
| Confidence in physician- patient communication | 3.19 A (.60) | 2.94 B (.62) | 2.98 (.60) | 2.91 (.64) |
Note: Entries refer to means and standard deviations are in parentheses. Different superscripts mean there are significant differences in corresponding variables between users and non-users. Subscripts are based on ANCOVA analysis among posters, lurkers, and non-users. Cells with different superscripts/subscripts differ at p < .05 at the minimum by post hoc tests. All analyses adjusted for statistically significant covariates from Table 1.