Evaluating the role of social media in providing support for family caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury
Study design Quantitative study. Objectives The study aimed to explore Family Caregivers of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (FC-SCI) social media use patterns, most frequently used platforms, importance of social media for receiving and providing support, and type of social support (i.e., social...
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| description | Study design
Quantitative study.
Objectives
The study aimed to explore Family Caregivers of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (FC-SCI) social media use patterns, most frequently used platforms, importance of social media for receiving and providing support, and type of social support (i.e., social companionship, emotional support, informational support) that FC-SCI receive or provide online.
Setting
FC-SCI participants from Canada and USA.
Methods
FC-SCI responded to measures regarding the social media platforms they use to access support, the importance of each platform, and the types of online social support they access through social media.
Results
Sample consisted of 115 FC-SCI. Most caregivers were a partner or spouse of the individual with SCI (
n
= 110) and female (
n
= 111). Majority of FC-SCI spent 1–3 h daily on social media (
n
= 74), and Facebook was used predominantly (
n
= 108), followed by Instagram (
n
= 92), and YouTube (
n
= 66). For receiving or providing support, Facebook was ranked most important (60%), followed by Instagram (26%) and YouTube (17%). The mean differences and standard deviation were found for the types of social support: emotional support (25.93 ± 7.60), social companionship (23.85 ± 7.46), and informational support (27.24 ± 7.50).
Conclusions
Using social media for informational support is desired by FC-SCI as it is easily accessible, and time-efficient. The prevalent use of social media for support by FC-SCI demonstrates that social media is a valued platform for support. The support benefits for the mental and physical health of caregivers should be further evaluated. |
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Quantitative study.
Objectives
The study aimed to explore Family Caregivers of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (FC-SCI) social media use patterns, most frequently used platforms, importance of social media for receiving and providing support, and type of social support (i.e., social companionship, emotional support, informational support) that FC-SCI receive or provide online.
Setting
FC-SCI participants from Canada and USA.
Methods
FC-SCI responded to measures regarding the social media platforms they use to access support, the importance of each platform, and the types of online social support they access through social media.
Results
Sample consisted of 115 FC-SCI. Most caregivers were a partner or spouse of the individual with SCI (
n
= 110) and female (
n
= 111). Majority of FC-SCI spent 1–3 h daily on social media (
n
= 74), and Facebook was used predominantly (
n
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n
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n
= 66). For receiving or providing support, Facebook was ranked most important (60%), followed by Instagram (26%) and YouTube (17%). The mean differences and standard deviation were found for the types of social support: emotional support (25.93 ± 7.60), social companionship (23.85 ± 7.46), and informational support (27.24 ± 7.50).
Conclusions
Using social media for informational support is desired by FC-SCI as it is easily accessible, and time-efficient. The prevalent use of social media for support by FC-SCI demonstrates that social media is a valued platform for support. The support benefits for the mental and physical health of caregivers should be further evaluated.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1362-4393</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1476-5624</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1038/s41393-023-00914-1</identifier><identifier>PMID: 37443387</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>London: Nature Publishing Group UK</publisher><subject>692/700 ; 692/700/784 ; Anatomy ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Biomedicine ; Caregivers ; Digital media ; Emotions ; Human Physiology ; Neurochemistry ; Neuropsychology ; Neurosciences ; Quantitative research ; Social interactions ; Social networks ; Social support ; Spinal cord injuries</subject><ispartof>Spinal cord, 2023-08, Vol.61 (8), p.460-465</ispartof><rights>The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International Spinal Cord Society 2023. corrected publication 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.</rights><rights>2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International Spinal Cord Society.</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c370t-f0832859c4f2848a78e2fb470b69aac65037b98b10fc34b0c69468923f3c3e233</cites><orcidid>0009-0009-0200-333X ; 0000-0001-5765-4927 ; 0000-0003-3060-0210 ; 0000-0002-6656-025X</orcidid></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1038/s41393-023-00914-1$$EPDF$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/10.1038/s41393-023-00914-1$$EHTML$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,27901,27902,41464,42533,51294</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37443387$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Cathcart, Heather F.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mohammadi, Somayyeh</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Erlander, Beth</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Robillard, Julie M.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Miller, William C.</creatorcontrib><title>Evaluating the role of social media in providing support for family caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury</title><title>Spinal cord</title><addtitle>Spinal Cord</addtitle><addtitle>Spinal Cord</addtitle><description>Study design
Quantitative study.
Objectives
The study aimed to explore Family Caregivers of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (FC-SCI) social media use patterns, most frequently used platforms, importance of social media for receiving and providing support, and type of social support (i.e., social companionship, emotional support, informational support) that FC-SCI receive or provide online.
Setting
FC-SCI participants from Canada and USA.
Methods
FC-SCI responded to measures regarding the social media platforms they use to access support, the importance of each platform, and the types of online social support they access through social media.
Results
Sample consisted of 115 FC-SCI. Most caregivers were a partner or spouse of the individual with SCI (
n
= 110) and female (
n
= 111). Majority of FC-SCI spent 1–3 h daily on social media (
n
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n
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n
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n
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Conclusions
Using social media for informational support is desired by FC-SCI as it is easily accessible, and time-efficient. The prevalent use of social media for support by FC-SCI demonstrates that social media is a valued platform for support. 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Quantitative study.
Objectives
The study aimed to explore Family Caregivers of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (FC-SCI) social media use patterns, most frequently used platforms, importance of social media for receiving and providing support, and type of social support (i.e., social companionship, emotional support, informational support) that FC-SCI receive or provide online.
Setting
FC-SCI participants from Canada and USA.
Methods
FC-SCI responded to measures regarding the social media platforms they use to access support, the importance of each platform, and the types of online social support they access through social media.
Results
Sample consisted of 115 FC-SCI. Most caregivers were a partner or spouse of the individual with SCI (
n
= 110) and female (
n
= 111). Majority of FC-SCI spent 1–3 h daily on social media (
n
= 74), and Facebook was used predominantly (
n
= 108), followed by Instagram (
n
= 92), and YouTube (
n
= 66). For receiving or providing support, Facebook was ranked most important (60%), followed by Instagram (26%) and YouTube (17%). The mean differences and standard deviation were found for the types of social support: emotional support (25.93 ± 7.60), social companionship (23.85 ± 7.46), and informational support (27.24 ± 7.50).
Conclusions
Using social media for informational support is desired by FC-SCI as it is easily accessible, and time-efficient. The prevalent use of social media for support by FC-SCI demonstrates that social media is a valued platform for support. The support benefits for the mental and physical health of caregivers should be further evaluated.</abstract><cop>London</cop><pub>Nature Publishing Group UK</pub><pmid>37443387</pmid><doi>10.1038/s41393-023-00914-1</doi><tpages>6</tpages><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0200-333X</orcidid><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5765-4927</orcidid><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3060-0210</orcidid><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6656-025X</orcidid><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
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