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2024-10-26 @ 3:39 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:39 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06574243
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-08-21
Brief Title:
Positive Education Through Social Media to Reduce Negative Stereotypes Towards Old Age
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
Positive Education Through Social Media to Reduce Negative Stereotypes Towards Old Age a Quasi-experimental Study
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2024-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Introduction and Objectives To assess the effectiveness of positive psychoeducation regarding aging disseminated through social media channels in mitigating negative stereotypes Additionally we aim to explore any potential associations between various sociodemographic variables and the prevalence of negative stereotypes towards the elderly
Methods This quasi-experimental study involved an experimental group comprising subjects who underwent a 7-day intervention The study aimed to evaluate any alterations in negative stereotypes towards aging both before and after the intervention The intervention consisted of daily publication of positive messages about aging on a social media account Two questionnaires were used one collecting sociodemographic variables and the Questionnaire for Evaluating Negative Stereotypes towards Aging Snowball sampling through social media was employed with 109 subjects completing the study
Methods This quasi-experimental study involved an experimental group comprising subjects who underwent a 7-day intervention The study aimed to evaluate any alterations in negative stereotypes towards aging both before and after the intervention The intervention consisted of daily publication of positive messages about aging on a social media account Two questionnaires were used one collecting sociodemographic variables and the Questionnaire for Evaluating Negative Stereotypes towards Aging Snowball sampling through social media was employed with 109 subjects completing the study
Detailed Description:
This was a quasi-experimental prospective study that used snowball sampling to recruit participants The study was publicized through Instagram accounts of two authors with a combined following of over 100000 Of the initial 250 participants 109 completed the study Inclusion criteria included
1 Being over 18 years old
2 Participating in both the PRE and POST questionnaires of the Negative Stereotypes towards Old Age Questionnaire CENVE
3 Following the Instagram posts related to the intervention for 3 days or more
Instruments
The evaluation instruments for this study included two online Google Forms questionnaires See in Supplementary Material designed for pre- and post-assessment The pre-assessment questionnaire consisted of two sections 16 items on sociodemographic data and 15 items from the Negative Stereotypes towards Old Age Questionnaire CENVE Blanca et al 2005 This instrument assesses individuals stereotypes towards the older population using a Likert-type response scale ranging from 1 to 4 1 Strongly Disagree 2 Somewhat Disagree 3 Somewhat Agree 4 Strongly Agree It provides a total score and three dimensions Health Dimension Social Motivation Dimension and CharacterPersonality Dimension The maximum score on this questionnaire is 60 points indicating a high presence of negative stereotypes towards old age and the minimum score is 15 points indicating a low presence of such stereotypes
Procedure
Both at the initial and final questionnaire stages that is before and after the 7-day intervention period of reading the posts was administered the questionnaire CENVE Additionally the post-intervention evaluation included a new question that gathered data on the frequency with which the participant had followed the intervention 0-2 3-4 and 5-7 days
Intervention The intervention consisted of daily positive messages about aging posted on an Instagram account laetapaplateada created specifically for this study and was conducted over the course of a week Examples included The ability to make decisions improves with age and Emotional regulation improves with age David 2017 These posts were accompanied by their respective author references
Statistical Analysis
A paired samples t-test was conducted to compare each subjects total score on the CENVE scale before and after the intervention To determine if certain sociodemographic variables were associated with the presence of negative stereotypes towards old age the scores obtained in the PRE questionnaire for each study group were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing This analysis was performed using Students t-test for variables with 2 categories or ANOVA for variables with more than 2 categories The analysis of the sex variable was omitted due to low male participation
Furthermore to examine if various demographic variables were associated with pre-post differences in the presentation of negative stereotypes towards older people a Repeated Measures ANOVA was performed for each of the sociodemographic variables collected in the questionnaires sex age marital status place of residence cohabitants religion education level occupation frequency of contact with older people area of contact with older people cohabitation with older people relationship with grandparents significance level of that relationship knowledge of any of their grandparents loss of abilities physicalmental frequency of viewing intervention posts on Instagram etc
All tests were analyzed using the statistical software Jamovi 2321 Data for the assessment of negative stereotypes towards old age were collected in February and March 2023
1 Being over 18 years old
2 Participating in both the PRE and POST questionnaires of the Negative Stereotypes towards Old Age Questionnaire CENVE
3 Following the Instagram posts related to the intervention for 3 days or more
Instruments
The evaluation instruments for this study included two online Google Forms questionnaires See in Supplementary Material designed for pre- and post-assessment The pre-assessment questionnaire consisted of two sections 16 items on sociodemographic data and 15 items from the Negative Stereotypes towards Old Age Questionnaire CENVE Blanca et al 2005 This instrument assesses individuals stereotypes towards the older population using a Likert-type response scale ranging from 1 to 4 1 Strongly Disagree 2 Somewhat Disagree 3 Somewhat Agree 4 Strongly Agree It provides a total score and three dimensions Health Dimension Social Motivation Dimension and CharacterPersonality Dimension The maximum score on this questionnaire is 60 points indicating a high presence of negative stereotypes towards old age and the minimum score is 15 points indicating a low presence of such stereotypes
Procedure
Both at the initial and final questionnaire stages that is before and after the 7-day intervention period of reading the posts was administered the questionnaire CENVE Additionally the post-intervention evaluation included a new question that gathered data on the frequency with which the participant had followed the intervention 0-2 3-4 and 5-7 days
Intervention The intervention consisted of daily positive messages about aging posted on an Instagram account laetapaplateada created specifically for this study and was conducted over the course of a week Examples included The ability to make decisions improves with age and Emotional regulation improves with age David 2017 These posts were accompanied by their respective author references
Statistical Analysis
A paired samples t-test was conducted to compare each subjects total score on the CENVE scale before and after the intervention To determine if certain sociodemographic variables were associated with the presence of negative stereotypes towards old age the scores obtained in the PRE questionnaire for each study group were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing This analysis was performed using Students t-test for variables with 2 categories or ANOVA for variables with more than 2 categories The analysis of the sex variable was omitted due to low male participation
Furthermore to examine if various demographic variables were associated with pre-post differences in the presentation of negative stereotypes towards older people a Repeated Measures ANOVA was performed for each of the sociodemographic variables collected in the questionnaires sex age marital status place of residence cohabitants religion education level occupation frequency of contact with older people area of contact with older people cohabitation with older people relationship with grandparents significance level of that relationship knowledge of any of their grandparents loss of abilities physicalmental frequency of viewing intervention posts on Instagram etc
All tests were analyzed using the statistical software Jamovi 2321 Data for the assessment of negative stereotypes towards old age were collected in February and March 2023
Study Oversight
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