100% 온라인 진행… 참가자에 기프트카드 증정
By 변성주 기자
kjhou2000@yahoo.com
에모리대학 간호학과 임은옥 교수 연구팀(AADCare 프로젝트팀)은 알츠하이머 병을 앓고 있는 환자 가족 간병인들을 대상으로 연구 참여자를 모집한다.
연구는 ‘알츠하이머 병에 대한 인종/ 민족적 태도 차이에 대한 조사’로 인터넷 설문조사나 미디어 토론에 참여할 수 있다.
연구팀이 제시한 참가자 조건은 ▶영어를 읽고 쓸 수 있으며 ▶40~65세 사이 중년 여성 ▶인터넷 접속이 가능하고 ▶Hispanic, Non-Hispanic(N-H) White, N-H African American, or N-H Asian 이며 ▶알츠하이머 환자의 가족 간병인들이 대상이다. 연구팀은 인터넷 설문 조사에 응하는 참여자들에게 20달러 상당 기프트카드를, 소셜 미디어 토론에 참여하면 50달러 상당의 기프트카드를 증정한다고 전했다. 특히 “100% 온라인으로 진행되는 연구이므로 참가자분들이 특정 장소로 왔다 갔다 할 필요가 없고 코로나19 감염 우려는 더욱 하지 않아도 된다”고 안전을 보장했다.
- 문의: 404-428-0497/ SONAADCARE@mscloud.emory.net
- 프로젝트 웹 사이트: https://redcap.emory.edu/surveys/?s=M33MXAPLXD
Announcement of the Study
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, School of Nursing, Emory University and her colleagues are conducting a study to explore racial/ethnic differences in the attitudes toward Alzheimer’s Disease among midlife women who are family caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease.
You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a midlife women aged 40 to 65 years old who can read and write English; who are online; whose self-reported racial/ethnic identity is Hispanic, non-Hispanic (N-H) White, NH African American, or N-H Asian, and who are family caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Data will be collected through the Internet from April 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021. Methods for the data collection include an Internet survey among 100 midlife women in the U.S. on the Internet and a 3-month social media discussion among about 40 midlife women recruited among the Internet survey participants. Your involvement will consist of the following: (a) about 30 minutes are usually needed to complete the Internet survey questionnaire; and (b) the social media discussion will be conducted for 3 months, should you agree to participate in the additional social media discussion. Your participation is asynchronous (you can visit the social media site and read and post messages at your convenience).
You will receive an electronic gift certificate of 20 dollars for filling out the Internet survey, and an additional electronic gift certificate of 50 dollars for participating in the additional social media discussion (only those who participate in the additional social media discussion for 3 months will be provided with this additional electronic gift certificate at the completion of the social media discussion). To get reimbursed for the social media discussion, you have to post at least one message per topic. For more information, please visit at our website below and/or contact us.
- Contact: AADCare Research Team (1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322)
- email: SONAADCARE@mscloud.emory.net
- Phone: 404.428.0497
- Website: https://redcap.emory.edu/surveys/?s=M33MXAPLXD
