Table 2.

Scope of Retrieval from Blog Testimonies

Subject	Specific areas
Medical care and rehabilitation	Treatment methods and their impact on the life of the patient and his family Importance of patients’ involvement and participation in the treatment and rehabilitation trajectory Self-care needs during treatment and rehabilitation period
Recovery post-PC treatment	Consequences on daily life during post-treatment recovery period, specific to: - work life - sexual functioning - physical energy level - psychological wellbeing - broad social life Self-care needs during recovery time Possibility of side effects and how to face them
Health education and self-care	Availability of formal information sources Availability of informal information sources Highlights of support groups for men and their families Hidden discourse and silence between men with regards to PC Women’s roles during each stage of PC trajectory
Global vision of PC and its impacts on one’s sense of being a man	Impact of changes and dysfunctions on: - the ability to make autonomous decisions - physical autonomy for self-care - changes in physical functioning (micturition, excretion, and ejaculation) - sexual capabilities - erection - libido - emotional control - masculine self-image - image as family bread-winner - awareness of end-of-life - self-realisation
Type of language used in the messages	Message tone: - informative - alarmist - sensationalist - educative - critique - political