. METHODS
1) Development of the Website
To achieve the objective number one, the analysis of the necessity and need of breast cancer related web contents geared towards breast cancer patient was administered from May 2005 to July 2005. Based on this study of general needs, a web-based educational program was developed to achieve the objective number two. The breast cancer related contents of the website were decided to consist of under- standing breast cancer, etiology and prevention, early detec- tion and prognosis, symptom management, chemo- radiotherapy and hormone treatment, as well as life after full recovery. In order to have distinguishing features compared to already existing websites, and effectively achieve the edu- cational goals, the website developed Flash animation as
to general public without the login process (http://www.
kbccc.org/).
2) Measurement Tools
(1) Items Measuring Satisfaction of the Website
A questionnaire consisting of total 16 questions was de- veloped to evaluate the functions of website, with the highest possible score being 4.0 per item. The subcategories consisted of 2 items of System Efficiency, 3 items of System Conven- ience, 1 item of Design, 7 item of Adequacy of Information and 3 items of Usefulness of Information. The lowest score possible for each item is 1.0, and highest being 4.0 that makes the total sum of the questionnaire from the lowest score of 16 points to the maximum of 64 points. The reliability score of the measurement tool was Cronbach’s alpha 0.92.
(2) Items Measuring Usefulness of the Website
There are total of 7 questions evaluating the contents of the website and the maximum of 4.0 points indicate the highest satisfaction. The subcategories consisted of cancer chemotherapy and hormonal therapy, and the lowest possible score being 1.0 and the maximum of 4.0 points. The lowest possible score for the evaluation is 7 points with the highest possible score being 28. The reliability score of the meas- urement tool was Cronbach’s alpha 0.83.
3) Data Collection
Among the people who visited Korea Breast Cancer Cy- ber Center (KBCCC), the subjects were those who logged in more than 3 times with total visiting period of 30 minutes or longer, and those who consented to participate in the study. It was decided to include the participants who are eligible for the criteria, because the volume of the contents could be un- derstood only by the sufficient frequency and time, namely over 30 minutes through no less than 3 times. There were
497 users according to the access log, however, those who
were unmet the criteria were excluded for the study. As it was not sufficient to recruit participants only by contacting e-mails and it was necessary to recruit as many participants as possible, telephone and mail contact were chosen. The subjects were contacted through phone call and gave verbal consent before they were given written consent form along with the questionnaire via postal mail. The total number of people contacted via phone call was 286 and out of them 49 did not answer their phone calls, 74 declined to participate in the study. 163 people agreed to participate in the studies on the phone and out of them 147 people successfully returned their finished questionnaire form