Table 1 Characteristics of the four Swedish cases

Study group and setting

Pre-school children (aged 4–6) with bladder dysfunction and urogenital malformation.

Women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer.

Women with type 1 diabetes who are pregnant or in early motherhood (with an infant up to 6 months old).

Young adults (aged 16–25) living with mental illness.

Aim

To investigate how a web-based model for person-centred learning and support affects health and self-esteem.

To investigate how an IT/web-based educational programme can support and affect health and well-being.

To investigate whether and how web-based support during pregnancy and early motherhood can improve well-being and diabetes management.

To develop and implement web-based support and treatment and investigate whether and how it can facilitate well-being.

Intervention

Web support with specially developed pictures and stories. Communication between children and a “web teacher” using Skype.

CD and web support with information and expert lectures on different topics (medical, social, and psychological).

Web support with information and a self-management tool for documentation and peer-support.

Web support for learning, self-care, and peer and professional support.

Design

Quasi-experimental trial.

Randomised, controlled trial.

Randomised, controlled trial.

Randomised, controlled trial.