Got an email requesting I post information about a girl in Australia who is doing a study about headache sufferers and online support group. Please consider helping her out!
Hello,
My name is Elise Candy and I am a psychology honours student at Griffith University, QLD, Australia. I have been a headache sufferer for many years and I am currently conducting research into the use of online support groups for headache disorder sufferers in conjunction with my supervisor Professor Paul Martin, a prominent researcher and clinician in the headache disorder field and head of school here at Griffith University.
I am writing to you as the moderator of this particular online community, to ask permission to post a voluntary survey for those members who might be interested in participating in my research.
The title of my research project is "Testing a model for online support group use, empowerment processes and psychosocial outcomes for headache sufferers." The aim of this project is to determine how accessing headache support groups online impacts on the individual in terms of personal empowerment and its relationship with various psychosocial outcomes, including coping with headaches, self-care self-efficacy in headache management and health-related quality of life.
We believe that this project is important because it will help develop an understanding of how using online support groups empower headache sufferers in terms of headache management, their own personal resources and coping strategies and quality of life. We also believe that community members might find participating in this research beneficial, with the potential for increased understanding of one's own coping resources and the potential empowerment processes associated with using such online headache support groups as this.
There will be no identifying information obtained from members of your community, and if requested, preliminary results from the study can be provided back to you and your members by the end of this year as well as the possibility of published research findings. If you need any more information about the aims, methods or measures of the current study, please do not hesitate to contact me on my email: elise.candy@griffithuni.edu.au If permission is granted we will provide members of the community a link to the online survey, as well as information about the purposes and requirements of the study so that they can make an informed decision as whether to participate or not. We believe there are no aversive consequences for participating in this study, and as already mentioned benefits in terms of highlight personal resources, skills and coping strategies. The survey should only take maximum 15 minutes to complete.
I've included a link to the online survey for you to have a look at.
Thanks very much for your time and hoping to hear from you soon! Your help in this research project would be very much appreciated!
Kind Regards,
The Research Team
Elise Candy and Professor Paul Martin
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