Status:
COMPLETED
Twitter Based Social Support for Hispanic and Black Dementia Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
Columbia University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Loneliness
Emotional Stress
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The prevalence of dementia is higher in Hispanics and African Americans than non-Hispanic Whites. Moreover, dementia caregivers often experience loneliness as well decreased health status. The expansi...
Detailed Description
The study will utilize Twitter networks to post a daily message for dementia caregivers for a year, and set up a monthly group chat.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age or older
- Black or Hispanic, living in the U.S. including the U.S. territories
- a dementia caregiver with any duration, able to speak English or Spanish/bilingual
- must agree to terms of conditions of use and privacy policy and rules of one of the two dementia caregiver network (Hispanic @dcnh, Black @dcnaab), the Twitter user agreement of the terms of service, Twitter privacy policy and Twitter rules including intellectual property, violence, misconduct, abuse behavior, private information and spam and security
- use a smartphone or a feature phone (i.e., a cell phone with text messaging)
Exclusion
- do not have de-identified Twitter account, children, not a dementia family caregiver
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 12 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 20 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
966 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03865498
Start Date
January 12 2022
End Date
November 20 2023
Last Update
January 15 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10032