#Alzheimer’s and dementia

Margaret K. Danilovich; Jonathan Tsay; Reda Al-Bahrani; Alok Choudhary; Ankit Agrawal

doi:10.1097/TGR.0000000000000173

#Alzheimer’s and dementia

Margaret K. Danilovich^*, Jonathan Tsay, Reda Al-Bahrani, Alok Choudhary, Ankit Agrawal

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The authors performed Twitter data analysis to explore content relative to Alzheimer disease and dementia and then qualitatively coded tweets to explore themes. During a 1-month period, the authors collected 2739 tweets that referenced #alzheimer’s, #Alz, #dementia, or #dimentia. Content was posted by (1) caregivers (n = 1391), (2) caregiving organizations (n = 214), (3) general public (n = 854), and (4) news outlets (n = 66). Twitter content themes referenced social support and advocacy. Results show people document experiences with Alzheimer disease and memory loss on Twitter. Twitter could be used to broadly reach persons affected by memory impairment for social support and services, warranting future research.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	48-53
Number of pages	6
Journal	Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0000000000000173
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

Caregivers
Data mining
Dementia
Social media

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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