Bipolar disorder research 2.0: Web technologies for research capacity and knowledge translation.

Autor: Michalak EE; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), Vancouver, BC, Canada., McBride S; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Barnes SJ; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), Vancouver, BC, Canada., Wood CS; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), Vancouver, BC, Canada., Khatri N; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), Vancouver, BC, Canada., Balram Elliott N; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), Vancouver, BC, Canada., Parikh SV; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice [J Eval Clin Pract] 2017 Dec; Vol. 23 (6), pp. 1144-1152. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 04.
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12736
Abstrakt: Rationale, Aims and Objectives: Current Web technologies offer bipolar disorder (BD) researchers many untapped opportunities for conducting research and for promoting knowledge exchange. In the present paper, we document our experiences with a variety of Web 2.0 technologies in the context of an international BD research network: The Collaborative RESearch Team to Study psychosocial issues in BD (CREST.BD).
Methods: Three technologies were used as tools for enabling research within CREST.BD and for encouraging the dissemination of the results of our research: (1) the crestbd.ca website, (2) social networking tools (ie, Facebook, Twitter), and (3) several sorts of file sharing (ie YouTube, FileShare). For each Web technology, we collected quantitative assessments of their effectiveness (in reach, exposure, and engagement) over a 6-year timeframe (2010-2016).
Results: In general, many of our strategies were deemed successful for promoting knowledge exchange and other network goals. We discuss how we applied our Web analytics to inform adaptations and refinements of our Web 2.0 platforms to maximise knowledge exchange with people with BD, their supporters, and health care providers.
Conclusions: We conclude with some general recommendations for other mental health researchers and research networks interested in pursuing Web 2.0 strategies.
(© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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