Published on in Vol 6, No 5 (2022): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/35244, first published .
Understanding Online and Offline Social Networks in Illness Management of Older Patients With Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study Using Quantitative Social Network Assessment and Qualitative Analysis

Understanding Online and Offline Social Networks in Illness Management of Older Patients With Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study Using Quantitative Social Network Assessment and Qualitative Analysis

Understanding Online and Offline Social Networks in Illness Management of Older Patients With Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study Using Quantitative Social Network Assessment and Qualitative Analysis

Andreas Andreou   1 , MBBS ;   Amar Dhand   2 , MD, DPhil ;   Ivaylo Vassilev   3 , PhD ;   Chris Griffiths   1 , MBBS, DPhil ;   Pietro Panzarasa   4 , PhD ;   Anna De Simoni   1 , MBBS, PhD

1 Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Asthma UK Centre of Applied Research, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

2 Department of Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

3 Social Networks Health and Wellbeing Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

4 School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Anna De Simoni, MBBS, PhD
  • Wolfson Institute of Population Health
  • Asthma UK Centre of Applied Research
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • 58 Turner Street
  • London, E1 2AB
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 207 882 2520
  • Email: a.desimoni@qmul.ac.uk