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

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, New York, United States, 10032