Tailored Web-Based Information for Younger and Older Patients with Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Preparatory Educational Intervention on Patient Outcomes

Minh Hao Nguyen   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Ellen MA Smets   ³ , PhD ;   Nadine Bol   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Eugène F Loos   ¹ , PhD ;   Hanneke WM van Laarhoven   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Debby Geijsen   ⁶ , MD ;   Mark I van Berge Henegouwen   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Kristien MAJ Tytgat   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Julia CM van Weert   ¹ , PhD

¹ Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

² Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

³ Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁴ Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

⁵ Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁷ Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁸ Department of Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands