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To address this issue, the Women\u2019s Self-Help Organization Cancer (Frauenselbsthilfe Krebs e.V. FSH) has implemented an innovative peer support program based on online group meetings moderated by trained peers to positively influence psychosocial distress and quality of life of affected women. This pre-post non-randomized study aims to systematically evaluate this program.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants were asked to evaluate the program in terms of expectations and concerns regarding the program, as well as experienced benefits and difficulties. We measured various psychosocial outcomes including psychosocial distress and quality of life at baseline (T0) before the program and after 6 months (T1) follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We included\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200997 patients (mostly metastatic breast cancer) at T0 and\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200944 patients with matching complete data sets at T1. The results showed that the program met the participants\u2019 expectations. The online meetings were rated as helpful in terms of sharing experiences and feeling less alone. While participants initially expressed concern about confronting others\u2019 fates (T0), this worry diminished after participation (T1). With respect to the identification of potential effects, we found a significant reduction in psychosocial stress (\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      (43)\u2009=\u20093.41,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.001), whereas the levels of depression and anxiety remained unchanged.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This online support program showed substantial benefits for the participants. For the next step, a controlled study should be performed to prove the effectiveness of this online program.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00520-025-10200-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,27]],"date-time":"2025-11-27T08:53:40Z","timestamp":1764233620000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Online peer support program for women with metastatic cancer: a pre-post evaluation"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Sophia","family":"M\u00e4hlmann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hedy","family":"Kerek-Bodden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joachim","family":"Weis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"10200_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"548","DOI":"10.1007\/s00761-020-00727-4","volume":"26","author":"S Brathuhn","year":"2020","unstructured":"Brathuhn S (2020) Psychoonkologische Aspekte beim fortgeschrittenen Mammakarzinom. 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