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Improving Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adolescents With Physical Disabilities Through Group-Based Virtual Reality Gaming: Feasibility Pre-Post Trial Study

Improving Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adolescents With Physical Disabilities Through Group-Based Virtual Reality Gaming: Feasibility Pre-Post Trial Study

Participants were encouraged to add each other as a “friend” within the social platform of the headset and play together outside of class. Participants were instructed to be safe during web-based game, by not giving out any sensitive personal information, particularly to web-based players who were not part of the intervention classes.

Byron Lai, Raven Young, Mary Craig, Kelli Chaviano, Erin Swanson-Kimani, Cynthia Wozow, Drew Davis, James H Rimmer

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e47630

Identifying the Most Effective Recruitment Strategy Using Financial Reimbursements for a Web-Based Peer Network Study With Young People Aged 16-18 Years: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Identifying the Most Effective Recruitment Strategy Using Financial Reimbursements for a Web-Based Peer Network Study With Young People Aged 16-18 Years: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

We calculated the required sample size to test the difference in proportion of an individual’s close friend network that completes the survey between the intervention and control groups. Based on previous literature, we estimated that the average number of close friends listed in the survey (nominations) is expected to be 3 [9,11,25], and that approximately half of the primary participants in the scaled reimbursement group would successfully recruit at least one friend into the study [22,23].

Michelle Raggatt, Cassandra J C Wright, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Paul M Dietze, Margaret E Hellard, Jane S Hocking, Megan S C Lim

JMIR Res Protoc 2023;12:e44813

The Factors Associated With Nonuse of Social Media or Video Communications to Connect With Friends and Family During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Older Adults: Web-Based Survey Study

The Factors Associated With Nonuse of Social Media or Video Communications to Connect With Friends and Family During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Older Adults: Web-Based Survey Study

I text a friend that I am coming by and walk past her house and wave and talk through an open window.” “Although I've connected with family and friends by telephone, it isn't the same as face to face” “Virtual book club however human closeness and touching (i.e. hugs) is imperative for high quality living” “I try to reach out via social media to my best friend daily. I phone family members who are not on social media.

Rachel D Savage, Sophia Di Nicolo, Wei Wu, Joyce Li, Andrea Lawson, Jim Grieve, Vivek Goel, Paula A Rochon

JMIR Aging 2022;5(2):e34793