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P2‐566: THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL OBLIGATION, WILLINGNESS AND PREPAREDNESS TO CARE ON FAMILY CAREGIVER OUTCOMES
Author(s) -
Parveen Sahdia,
Fry Gary,
Morrison Val,
Fortinsky Richard H.,
Oyebode Janet
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1261
Subject(s) - preparedness , obligation , family caregivers , ethnic group , caregiver burden , anxiety , dementia , medicine , health care , psychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , disease , pathology , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , economics , economic growth
from 26 US states were recruited. Of those, 60 persons (74%) consented, 54 (90%) were enrolled and 50 (93%) participated. In terms of retention, 93% participated in more than 4 diary surveys. Over the first 7 days, the average number of diaries completed was 10 (71%). Over 42 days of paid advertisements, 28 participants were enrolled, costing $15.20 per participant. In total, participants were women (93%) and non-Hispanic white (77%), with 10% identifying as Hispanic. Ages ranged from 23-76 with a mean of 53. Conclusions: The sample recruited had a survey completion rate consistent with other caregiver diary studies, indicating social media can be used to recruit for longitudinal studies. It is a cost and time effective method of recruiting a generalizable and geographically diverse sample of caregivers living with their care recipient. Social media can address the challenges of recruiting representative samples for research with hard-to-reach populations, including dementia family caregivers.