Giustini Dean, Ali Syed Mustafa, Fraser Matthew, Kamel Boulos Maged N
University of British Columbia, Biomedical Branch Library, Vancouver Canada.
Mercy Corps, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Online J Public Health Inform. 2018 Sep 21;10(2):e215. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v10i2.8270. eCollection 2018.
Research examining the effective uses of social media (SM) in public health and medicine, especially in the form of systematic reviews (SRs), has grown considerably in the past decade. To our knowledge, no comprehensive synthesis of this literature has been conducted to date.
To conduct a systematic review of systematic reviews of the benefits and harms ("effects") of SM tools and platforms (such as Twitter and Facebook) in public health and medicine. To perform a synthesis of this literature and create a 'living systematic review'.
Forty-two (42) high-quality SRs were examined. Overall, evidence of SM's effectiveness in public health and medicine was judged to be minimal. However, qualitative benefits for patients are seen in improved psychosocial support and psychological functioning. Health professionals benefited from better peer-to-peer communication and lifelong learning. Harms on all groups include the impact of SM on mental health, privacy, confidentiality and information reliability.
A range of negatives and positives of SM in public health and medicine are seen in the SR literature but definitive conclusions cannot be made at this time. Clearly better research designs are needed to measure the effectiveness of social technologies. For ongoing updates, see the wiki "Effective uses of social media in health: a living systematic review of systematic reviews". http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Effective_uses_of_social_media_in_healthcare:_a_living_systematic_review_of_reviews.
在过去十年中，研究社交媒体（SM）在公共卫生和医学中的有效应用，尤其是以系统评价（SR）形式进行的研究显著增加。据我们所知，迄今为止尚未对该文献进行全面的综合分析。
对社交媒体工具和平台（如推特和脸书）在公共卫生和医学中的益处与危害（“效果”）的系统评价进行系统综述。对该文献进行综合分析并创建一个“动态系统评价”。
审查了42篇高质量的系统评价。总体而言，社交媒体在公共卫生和医学中有效性的证据被判定为极少。然而，在改善心理社会支持和心理功能方面可以看到对患者的定性益处。卫生专业人员从更好的 peer-to-peer 沟通和终身学习中受益。对所有群体的危害包括社交媒体对心理健康、隐私、保密性和信息可靠性的影响。
在系统评价文献中可以看到社交媒体在公共卫生和医学中的一系列消极和积极方面，但目前无法得出明确结论。显然需要更好的研究设计来衡量社交技术的有效性。如需持续更新，请参阅维基“社交媒体在健康中的有效应用：系统评价的动态系统综述”。http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Effective_uses_of_social_media_in_healthcare:_a_living_systematic_review_of_reviews 。
