Table 2.
Sample characteristics (N = 36 articles)
| % | N | |
|---|---|---|
| Publication year | ||
| 2000–2003 | 5.6 | 2 |
| 2005–2008 | 44.4 | 16 |
| 2009–2012 | 50.0 | 18 |
| Cancer type | ||
| Breast | 44.4 | 16 |
| Prostate | 8.3 | 3 |
| Colorectal | 2.8 | 1 |
| Hematologic | 5.6 | 2 |
| Pancreatic | 2.8 | 1 |
| Childhood cancers | 11.1 | 4 |
| Multiple cancers | 25.0 | 9 |
| Phase of cancer care continuum | ||
| Detection/screening | 5.6 | 2 |
| Treatment | 16.7 | 6 |
| Treatment and posttreatment/ survivorship | 47.2 | 17 |
| Posttreatment/survivorship | 30.6 | 11 |
| Developmental stage of participants | ||
| Adolescent | 2.8 | 1 |
| Adult | 97.2 | 35 |
| Study design | ||
| Descriptive | 22.2 | 8 |
| Observational | 55.6 | 20 |
| Experimental | 22.2 | 8 |
| Type of data collected | ||
| Quantitative | 72.2 | 26 |
| Qualitative | 11.1 | 4 |
| Quantitative and qualitative | 16.7 | 6 |
| New media components* | ||
| Networked via internet | 93.9 | 31 |
| Interactive website | 48.5 | 16 |
| Personalized feedback | 39.4 | 13 |
| Personalized content | 18.2 | 6 |
| Synchronous conferencing | 9.1 | 3 |
| Asynchronous communication | 27.3 | 9 |
| Interactive e-games | 3.0 | 1 |
| Video sharing | 3.0 | 1 |
| Blogging/microblogging | 12.1 | 4 |
| Addresses racial/ethnic disparities? | ||
| Yes | 30.6 | 11 |
| No | 69.4 | 25 |
| Proportion of sample representing underserved racial/ethnic groups | ||
| 0%–19% | 27.8 | 10 |
| 20%–39% | 36.1 | 13 |
| 40%–59% | 8.3 | 3 |
| 60%–79% | 0.0 | 0 |
| 80%–100% | 5.6 | 2 |
| Not reported | 22.2 | 8 |
* Does not equal 100% because some interventions had more than new media element. If an intervention was the focus of more than one study, media elements were not repeated in the count.