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Table 4 Profile of the 21 forum participants studied

From: Collective empowerment of an online patient community: conceptualizing process dynamics using a multi-method qualitative approach

Individual

Gender

Sending date 1st message

Pathology

Number of messages

Authorization to analyze messages

1

M

25.3.2010

Hashimoto

5670

15 Jan. 2018

2

F

25.10.2011

Operation for benign nodules

2153

15 Jan.

3

F

3.3.2015

Laser nodule ablation

112

18 Jan.

4

F

9.8.2017

Hashimoto, cancer

990

15 Jan.

5

F

22.5.2008

Thyroid cancer

1010

17 Jan.

6

F

3.5.2004

Thyroidectomy

2993

27 Jan.

7

F

28.8.2012

Basedow’s disease

2208

15 Jan.

8

F

26.12.2008

Thyroid cancer

2351

29 Jan.

9

F

20.4.2007

Cancer

3203

15 Jan.

10

F

22.4.2015

Hashimoto

2279

16 Jan.

11

F

11.10.08

Cancer

5172

16 Jan.

12

F

16.4.2012

Thyroid cancer

1110

16 Jan.

13

F

5.10.2011

Hypothyroidism

810

15 Jan.

14

F

30.10.2009

Lobectomy

4773

15 Jan.

15

F

05.07.2004

Thyroidectomy, hypoparathyroidism

1558

27 Jan.

16

F

04.09.2017

Microcarcinoma

1369

18 Jan.

17

F

26.11.2007

Hypothyroidism

26,478

15 Jan.

18

F

22.3.2008

Thyroid cancer

2009

20 Jan.

19

F

10.9.2005

Thyroidectomy

1852

15 Jan.

20

F

5.12.2005

Hashimoto

1179

18 Jan.

21

F

26 .1.09

Thyroidectomy

620

19 Jan.