期刊
HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL
卷 21, 期 4, 页码 267-283出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1460458214525615
关键词
Alzheimer; dementia; depression; Parkinson; social groups
资金
- Spanish Social Security Administration Body (IMSERSO) [85/2010]
- Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Next Generation Networks and Applications Group (NetGNA), Portugal
- National Funding from Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [PEst-OE/EEI/LA0008/2011]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PEst-OE/EEI/LA0008/2011] Funding Source: FCT
This article aims to characterize the different types of Facebook and Twitter groups for different mental diseases, their purposes, and their functions. We focused the search on depressive disorders, dementia, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and examined the Facebook (www.facebook.com) and Twitter (www.twitter.com) groups. We used four assessment criteria: (1) purpose, (2) type of creator, (3) telehealth content, and (4) free-text responses in surveys and interviews. We observed a total of 357 Parkinson groups, 325 dementia groups, 853 Alzheimer groups, and 1127 depression groups on Facebook and Twitter. Moreover, we analyze the responses provided by different users. The survey and interview responses showed that many people were interested in using social networks to support and help in the fight against these diseases. The results indicate that social networks are acceptable by users in terms of simplicity and utility. People use them for finding support, information, self-help, advocacy and awareness, and for collecting funds.
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