Table 2.

The direction of context behind patient confidence in selected references.

Characteristic		Established online community		Undefined online community			Designed online community
		Papers, n (%)	References		Papers, n (%)	References		Papers, n (%)	References
Total papers (N=33)a		21 (64)	[37-57]		7 (21)	[58-64]		5 (15)	[65-69]
Context behind patient confidence
	To become better informed	17 (52)	[37-40,43-49,51,53-57]		4 (12)	[58,60,61,64]		4 (12)	[65-68]
	Coping with emotional burden and networking with peers	17 (52)	[37,40-49,51,53-57]		4 (12)	[58,60,61,64]		5 (15)	[65-69]
	Absorb and reflect on information given by health care	15 (45)	[37,40,43-49,51,53-57]		4 (12)	[58,60,61,64]		2 (6)	[65,67]

^aAll percentages refer to the total number of papers, N=33.