Before the intervention was begun, patients or a member of
their family, depending on the researcher’s judgement (based
on patient desire, willingness of family member and his/her
free time), was taught about access to the site, working with
the website and how to enter the data into the daily
information record forms. This training lasted for about
one to three hours. Patients who did not have access to
Internet were provided with free Internet access to facilitate
their connection to website.