Effects of a program to reduce loneliness via digital health platform on loneliness among adolescents with cancer
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program to reduce loneliness, adolescents with cancer, digital health platformAbstract
This study aimed to determine the effects ofprograms to reduce loneliness via digital health platforms among adolescents with cancer. The samples consisted of all genders of adolescents aged 10-19 years old, who had been diagnosed with cancer outpatient, and treated at an outpatient department of a tertiary hospital. The study was selected by using a purposive sampling method, including 32 adolescents from April to June 2023. The research instrument is a program to reduce loneliness via a chatbot application (Feel My Feeling), a website (https://www.Lonelinessthesis.com/), and loneliness questionnaire in adolescents with cancer. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, The Parametric test isa Paired t-test.
The results showed that the loneliness score before receiving the program with after receiving the program statistically significant difference (p<.05). The study results recommended that nurses should use programs to reduce loneliness and promote nursing interventions for reducing loneliness in adolescents with cancer. And development. In addition, this program development guideline could be applied to create a digital health platform for nursing interventions of adolescents with other health problems.
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