Published on in Vol 3, No 2 (2019): Jul-Dec

Characteristics Associated With Facebook Use and Interest in Digital Disease Support Among Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data From the Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in Atrial Fibrillation (SAGE-AF) Cohort

Characteristics Associated With Facebook Use and Interest in Digital Disease Support Among Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data From the Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in Atrial Fibrillation (SAGE-AF) Cohort

Characteristics Associated With Facebook Use and Interest in Digital Disease Support Among Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data From the Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in Atrial Fibrillation (SAGE-AF) Cohort

Molly E Waring   1 , PhD ;   Mellanie T Hills   2 , BS ;   Darleen M Lessard   3 , MS ;   Jane S Saczynski   4 , PhD ;   Brooke A Libby   1 , MPH ;   Marta M Holovatska   1 , BS ;   Alok Kapoor   5 , MD, MSc ;   Catarina I Kiefe   3 , PhD, MD ;   David D McManus   3, 6 , MD, MS

1 Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

2 StopAfib.org, American Foundation for Women's Health, Decatur, TX, United States

3 Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

4 Department of Pharmacy and Health System Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States

5 Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

6 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Molly E Waring, PhD
  • Department of Allied Health Sciences
  • University of Connecticut
  • 358 Mansfield Road, Unit 1101
  • Storrs, CT, 06269
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 860 486 1446
  • Email: molly.waring@uconn.edu