Social media & saitisfaction with bc treatment decisions

besa

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160728125024...

"Women who engaged on social media after a breast cancer diagnosis expressed more deliberation about their treatment decision and more satisfaction with the path they chose, a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds."

magiclight

I would agree because urban, suburban women under 50 are probably the heaviest users of social media. Data from the link below notes those differences. As a women in the over 65 and rural category but a heavy internet user, I think the rural aspect was crucial to my decision in that I did not want to be driving about 250 miles round trip for various surgical follow-ups so chose the bilateral mastectomy surgery (bad choice).

Characteristics of social media users