Tracking WhatsApp Behaviors During a Crisis: A Longitudinal Observation of Messaging Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 151
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- WhatsApp usage
研究概览
简要总结
In this protocol, we seek to examine the role of popular messaging platform WhatsApp in information spread during a crisis. As there have been few global crises in the last decade (coinciding with the rise of social media), the role of private messaging platforms such as WhatsApp during crisis contexts remains understudied. During the current COVID-19 global health crisis, we undertook this study to: (1) characterize the nature of WhatsApp use during crises, (2) characterize the profiles of WhatsApp users (3) understand how WhatsApp usage links to well-being (fear and thoughts about COVID-19).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •At least 21 years
- •Has stayed in Singapore for at least 2 years
- •Has a WhatsApp account that can be used for the research study
排除标准
- •Below 21 years
- •Has stayed in Singapore for less than 2 years
- •Does not have a WhatsApp account that can be used for the research study
结局指标
主要结局
WhatsApp usage
时间窗: 1 week, starting from date after baseline survey completion
Participants were asked a series of questions daily related to their WhatsApp usage behaviors - in particular, their message-forwarding, personal chat and group chat behaviors.
Changes in amount of thinking about the COVID-19 situation across 1 week
时间窗: 1 week, starting from date after initial survey completion
1 item each day on how much they thought about the outbreak that day (measured on a 5 point scale: min = 1, max = 5; higher scores indicating more thinking about the outbreak).
Changes in fear with regards the COVID-19 situation across 1 week
时间窗: 1 week, starting from date after baseline survey completion
1 item each day on fear specifically of the COVID-19 situation (measured on a 4 point scale: min = 1, max = 4; higher scores indicating greater fear about the outbreak).
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jean Liu
Assistant Professor
Yale-NUS College