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Twitter for African American caregivers for Stress (Tweet-S2 Trial)

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Led By Sunmoo Yoon, PhD

Research Sponsored by Columbia University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

a dementia caregiver with any duration, able to speak English or Spanish/bilingual

18 years of age or older

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 12 months

Awards & highlights

Tweet-S2 Trial Summary

This trial aims to study how social media affects the discussion of dementia and caregivers' networking styles among African Americans and Hispanics.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Black or Hispanic dementia caregivers living in the U.S., who are 18 or older, can speak English or Spanish, and use a smartphone. They must agree to Twitter's terms of service and privacy policies, and join one of two Twitter networks designed for their demographic.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if using tailored Twitter support networks can affect discussion topics, sentiment, and networking (like number of followers) among Black (@dcnaab) and Hispanic (@dcnh) dementia caregivers.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves social media use rather than medical interventions, traditional side effects aren't expected. However, participants may experience emotional impacts from online interactions.

Tweet-S2 Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am a caregiver for someone with dementia and I speak English, Spanish, or both.

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I am 18 years old or older.

Tweet-S2 Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Emotional valence score

Fraction of isolates

Secondary outcome measures

Number of auto-detected small groups

Number of individual posting activities with balanced communication type

Tweet-S2 Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Hispanic dementia caregiversExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

De-identified followers of our Hispanic dementia caregiver Twitter network will receive messages from the network (Twitter for Hispanic caregivers' intervention).

Group II: African American dementia caregiversExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

De-identified followers of our African American dementia caregiver Twitter network will receive messages from the network (Twitter for African American caregivers' intervention).

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Columbia UniversityLead Sponsor

1,431 Previous Clinical Trials

2,459,865 Total Patients Enrolled

Department of Health and Human ServicesFED

226 Previous Clinical Trials

927,983 Total Patients Enrolled

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,668 Previous Clinical Trials

28,004,098 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Twitter Based Social Support Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03865498 — N/A

Stress Research Study Groups: Hispanic dementia caregivers, African American dementia caregivers

Stress Clinical Trial 2023: Twitter Based Social Support Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03865498 — N/A

Twitter Based Social Support 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03865498 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is there still space available to volunteer for this medical experiment?

"This research study is currently seeking participants; the listing was initially published on December 1st 2022 and revised on September 23rd."

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What is the scope of people participating in this experiment?

"That is accurate. Clinicaltrials.gov reveals that the medical trial, which was initially advertised on 12th January 2022, is actively looking for participants. The search will involve approximately 800 people from a single research facility."

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Recent research and studies

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Twitter Based Social Support for Hispanic and Black Dementia Caregivers

Sunmoo Yoon 2022. "Twitter Based Social Support for Hispanic and Black Dementia Caregivers". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03865498.