De Angelis Gino, Wells George A, Davies Barbara, King Judy, Shallwani Shirin M, McEwan Jessica, Cavallo Sabrina, Brosseau Lucie
1School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada.
2School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Digit Health. 2018 May 3;4:2055207618771416. doi: 10.1177/2055207618771416. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec.
The objective of this systematic review was to summarize the evidence pertaining to the use of social media by health professionals to facilitate chronic disease self-management with their patients.
A systematic approach was used to retrieve and extract relevant data. A total of 5163 citations were identified, of which seven unique studies met criteria for inclusion; one was a randomized controlled trial, two were prospective cohort studies, and four were qualitative studies. The following social media platforms were evaluated: discussion forums (6 studies) and collaborative project (1 study).
The available evidence suggests that health professionals perceived discussion forums and collaborative projects to be useful social media platforms to facilitate chronic disease self-management with patients. No relevant evidence was found regarding the use of other social media platforms. Most studies indicated positive findings regarding health professionals' intention to use discussion forums, while the one study that used a collaborative project also indicated positive findings with its perceived ease of use as health professionals felt that it was useful to facilitate chronic disease self-management with patients. Mixed findings were seen in regards to health professionals' perceived ease of use of discussion forums. The most common barrier to using social media platforms was the lack of time in health professionals' schedules.
Discussion forums and collaborative projects appear to be promising resources for health professionals to assist their patients in self-managing their chronic conditions; however, further research comparing various social media platforms is needed.
本系统评价的目的是总结有关卫生专业人员使用社交媒体促进患者慢性病自我管理的证据。
采用系统方法检索和提取相关数据。共识别出5163条引文，其中7项独特研究符合纳入标准；1项为随机对照试验，2项为前瞻性队列研究，4项为定性研究。评估了以下社交媒体平台：讨论论坛（6项研究）和协作项目（1项研究）。
现有证据表明，卫生专业人员认为讨论论坛和协作项目是促进患者慢性病自我管理的有用社交媒体平台。未发现有关使用其他社交媒体平台的相关证据。大多数研究表明卫生专业人员使用讨论论坛的意向有积极结果，而使用协作项目的一项研究也表明其易用性有积极结果，因为卫生专业人员认为它有助于促进患者慢性病自我管理。关于卫生专业人员对讨论论坛易用性的看法存在不同结果。使用社交媒体平台最常见的障碍是卫生专业人员日程中缺乏时间。
讨论论坛和协作项目似乎是卫生专业人员协助患者自我管理慢性病的有前景的资源；然而，需要进一步研究比较各种社交媒体平台。
