The emotional journey among caregivers of patients with leukemia: The caregivers’ perspective using social media listening.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18568-e18568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Gabriel ◽  
Kerri Phillips ◽  
Mary Ann Slater ◽  
Jifang Zhou ◽  
Ashutosh K. Pathak ◽  
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e18568 Background: The burden of cancer has largely focused on the patient. However, caregivers also experience considerable burden. The study's aim was to use social media posts to better understand the emotional journey of caregivers who provide care for patients with leukemia from their own perspective. Methods: Publicly available social media posts (in English) mentioning chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) from blogs, discussion boards, and Facebook were collected and linguistically analyzed. Results: A total of 145 social media posts by CML caregivers, 149 posts by CLL caregivers, and 65 posts by APL caregivers were analyzed. Common themes emerged among CML, CLL, and APL caregivers as they journeyed from pre-diagnosis, to diagnosis, and to survivorship alongside their loved ones. At the pre-diagnosis phase, caregivers expressed uneasiness or worry about the symptoms their loved ones were experiencing. Additionally, caregivers were often frustrated with doctors because they felt that their loved ones’ symptoms were ignored, which led to a delay in diagnosis. Once the diagnosis was confirmed, caregivers were shocked and scared. Further, caregivers were desperate for information on the disease and what the future would hold. During the survivorship phase of the journey, an amalgam of complex positive and negative emotions emerged among caregivers. Caregivers can become obsessed with finding ways to treat their loved ones, including use of alternative medicine. Caregivers experienced both positive (a more “enriched relationship”) and negative (felt alone or pushed away) relationship changes. Many caregivers were proud of their loved ones’ remission and felt triumphant. Caregivers felt a sense of gratitude toward doctors, friends, family, and social media sites for their support. Conclusions: Caregivers of CML, CLL, and APL patients experience a gamut of emotions at every stage of the disease. Additionally, the relationship between caregivers and loved ones can be negatively affected. Findings suggest that relationship counseling and social support groups could potentially relieve some caregiver burden.

1967 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 541-549
Author(s):  
Antonio Girolami

The behavior of factor V activity (proaccelerin) was investigated in 94 patients with acute and chronic leukemia. In acute myeloblastic and chronic myeloid leukemia normal or low levels of factor V were usually found. On the contrary in acute lymphoblastic and chronic lymphocytic leukemia normal or high levels were frequently observed. In ten patients (4 cases with acute myeloblastic leukemia, 5 cases with chronic myeloid leukemia and 1 case with acute lymphoblastic leukemia) there were markedly decreased levels of proaccelerin (less than 40%). In two patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia normal or elevated factor V activity was found. The significance of these variations in proaccelerin levels observed in leukemia is discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-61
Author(s):  
Moses Natadirja

Social media nowadays can be used not only for interacting with each other, exchanges ideas, and develop new friends, furthermore it can be used to promote and selling products or services. It is also used for musician for sales and promotion of their CD album to their fans through social media, especially for musicians , who choose to be independent with limited budget and distribution channel. One of the musician who choose to be independent is Dua Drum. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between musician’s social media (Interactivity & Sincerity), the tie that fans may develop via social media (Sense of Closeness & Reciprocity), and purchase legal CD album. This Research is using a quantitative approach with gathering 127 responses through online questionnaire and analyzed using Structural Model Equation (SEM). The result of this research is there are a positive relationship between Interactivity & Sincerity with Sense of Closeness & Reciprocity, and also a positive relationship between Sense of Closeness & Reciprocity with Legal Purchase Intention of CD album. Keywords: Music, Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Purchase Intention


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Yun Lee ◽  
Yan Luo ◽  
Cho Rong Won ◽  
Jiyoung Lee ◽  
Jeongwon Baik

BACKGROUND The use of social media or social networking sites (SNS) is increasing across all age groups, and one of the primary motives of using SNS is to seek health-related information. Although previous research examining the effect of SNS use on depression exist, studies regarding the effect of SNS use for health purpose on depression is limited. OBJECTIVE Our study aims to explore the relationship between SNS use for health purpose and depression across the four age groups (18-34 years old, 35-49 years old, 50-64 years old, and above 65 years old). METHODS A sample of 6,789 adults aged 18 and older was extracted from a 2017 and 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Univariate and bivariate analyses to examine the association between each variable and four age groups were conducted. Multiple linear regression analyses to predict depression level among participants with use of SNS for health purpose were conducted. RESULTS SNS use for health purpose and depression were positively associated for three age groups but not for those 65 years or older (=0.13, P<0.05; =0.08, P<0.05; =0.09, P<0.05). Income and self-reported health status indicated an inverse relationship for all age groups. The relationship with marital status differed based on age group with 18 and 34 years old showing an inverse relationship (=-0.13, P<0.01) while 65 years or older showing a positive relationship (=0.06, P<0.05). Gender was positively associated among those in the 35-49 years old (=0.09, P<0.05) and 65 years or older (=0.07, P<0.05). Being Non-Hispanic White was positively associated with depression among 50-64 years old (=0.07, P<0.001) and 65 years or older (=0.08, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Age-tailored education on determining accurate and reliable information shared via SNS is needed to reduce depressive symptoms.


2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Annunziata ◽  
Salvatore Palmieri ◽  
Barbara Pocali ◽  
Mariacarla De Simone ◽  
Luigi Del Vecchio ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110088
Author(s):  
Benjamin N. Jacobsen ◽  
David Beer

As social media platforms have developed over the past decade, they are no longer simply sites for interactions and networked sociality; they also now facilitate backwards glances to previous times, moments, and events. Users’ past content is turned into definable objects that can be scored, rated, and resurfaced as “memories.” There is, then, a need to understand how metrics have come to shape digital and social media memory practices, and how the relationship between memory, data, and metrics can be further understood. This article seeks to outline some of the relations between social media, metrics, and memory. It examines how metrics shape remembrance of the past within social media. Drawing on qualitative interviews as well as focus group data, the article examines the ways in which metrics are implicated in memory making and memory practices. This article explores the effect of social media “likes” on people’s memory attachments and emotional associations with the past. The article then examines how memory features incentivize users to keep remembering through accumulation. It also examines how numerating engagements leads to a sense of competition in how the digital past is approached and experienced. Finally, the article explores the tensions that arise in quantifying people’s engagements with their memories. This article proposes the notion of quantified nostalgia in order to examine how metrics are variously performative in memory making, and how regimes of ordinary measures can figure in the engagement and reconstruction of the digital past in multiple ways.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Murray ◽  
Kelly Buttigieg ◽  
Michelle Todd ◽  
Vicky McKechnie

Abstract Background A subset of patients experience psychological distress following insertion of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and ICD support groups are recommended, however access to these groups is limited. This study aimed: to gauge a better understanding of patients’ key ICD-related concerns; to determine patient interest in a support group and topics deemed helpful to address in a support group; and to examine factors which affect patient inclination to attend. Methods One hundred and thirty nine patients completed the ICD Patient Concerns Questionnaire – Brief (ICDC-B) and a semi-structured survey. Non-parametric tests were used to examine associations and differences in the quantitative data. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results 42% of respondents said they would attend a support group and inclination to attend was associated with higher ICD concerns and a shorter time since implant. Topics considered important to address in a group were information about heart conditions and devices, the impact of an ICD on daily life and coping with fear of shocks. Conclusion We concluded that there is interest in further support amongst many patients and that ICD support groups may be delivered efficiently by targeting patients who have higher levels of ICD concerns and within the first few years after implant.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2277
Author(s):  
Blend Ibrahim ◽  
Ahmad Aljarah ◽  
Dima Sawaftah

Social media marketing (SMM) is a new field that involves the marketing of goods, services, information, and ideas via online networks and social media. Drawing on the stimulus-organism-response framework, this study aims to examine how social-media-marketing activities (SMMA) affect brand loyalty, brand trust, and revisit intention (returning to the same place in the future) for coffee shops in Northern Cyprus. Empirical evidence was collected from 415 undergraduate students who follow specific coffee shops on Facebook, and a structural equation modeling approach was applied. The results showed a significant positive influence of SMMA on brand loyalty, brand trust, and revisit intention. The findings show that SMMA are a stronger predictor of revisit intention than brand loyalty and brand trust. Furthermore, brand loyalty and brand trust are significant mediators in the relationship between SMMA and revisit intention. Additionally, the sequential mediation effects of brand loyalty and brand trust in the relationship between SMMA and revisit intention are supported. Overall, with effective SMMA from coffee shops on Facebook, the customer grows confidence in the brand, which increases the level of brand loyalty. This, in turn, encourages revisit intention of the customer. As a result, brand executives on social media platforms (in this case, Facebook) should promote specific SMMA for their brands and engage in such activities to creates brand trust and brand loyalty. These findings contribute to the literature by examining the relationship between SMMA and revisit intention and exploring how SMMA affect revisit intention by adding brand loyalty and brand trust as mediators.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-617
Author(s):  
Sukanya Sharma ◽  
Saumya Singh ◽  
Fedric Kujur ◽  
Gairik Das

In this digital era, the internet, and Social Media (SM) has had a radical impact on the shopping behavior of “costumers” The SM provides a platform where “costumers” are exposed to the best product with the best price along with reviews and opinions about the merchandise. So, we can turn our heads and look at a brand in a way as if the brand is speaking to us. This study was an attempt to explore the Social Media Marketing Activities (SMMA) that are being used for the marketing of fashionable products like apparel and to what level the SMMA activities of brands truly strengthen the relationship with customers and motivate purchase intention. Moreover, SMMA has a robust application in developing a marketing strategy for business. It has become a significant tool that collaborates with businesses and people. It is concluded that the “costumer”-brand relationship does have a positive and statistically significant impact on consumers’ purchase intention through SM.


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