Twitter and CV Health

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Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension

In brief

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In the current digital age, needed is a better understanding of how information on social media sites may inform our approaches to improving CV health through novel methodologies. Investigators propose to study the conversation on Twitter about several CV diseases and their associated sequelae.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02622256

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

611

Starts

2016-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-24

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Twitter users at least 21 years of age with diabetes and, or hypertension

You may not qualify if…

• Anyone below the age of 21
• no diagnosis of hypertension
• not pregnant

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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