社交媒体在心理健康研究中的招募作用：系统综述。
Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review.
机构信息
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
出版信息
Compr Psychiatry. 2020 Nov;103:152197. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152197. Epub 2020 Aug 12.
BACKGROUND
Social media holds exciting promise for advancing mental health research recruitment, however, the extent and efficacy to which these platforms are currently in use are underexplored.
OBJECTIVE
A systematic review was conducted to characterize the current use and efficacy of social media in recruiting participants for mental health research.
METHOD
A literature review was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsychINFO. Only non-duplicative manuscripts written in the English language and published between 1/1/2004-3/31/2019 were selected for further screening. Data extracted included study type and design, participant inclusion criteria, social media platform, advertising strategy, final recruited sample size, recruitment location, year, monetary incentives, comparison to other recruitment methods if performed, and final cost per participant.
RESULTS
A total of 176 unique studies that used social media for mental health research recruitment were reviewed. The majority of studies were cross-sectional (62.5%) in design and recruited adults. Facebook was overwhelmingly the recruitment platform of choice (92.6%), with the use of paid advertisements being the predominant strategy (60.8%). Of the reviewed studies, substance abuse (43.8%) and mood disorders (15.3%) were the primary subjects of investigation. In 68.3% of studies, social media recruitment performed as well as or better than traditional recruitment methods in the number and cost of final enrolled participants. The majority of studies used Facebook for recruitment at a median cost per final recruited study participant of $19.47. In 55.6% of the studies, social media recruitment was the more cost-effective recruitment method when compared to traditional methods (e.g., referrals, mailing).
CONCLUSION
Social media appears to be an effective and economical recruitment tool for mental health research. The platform raises methodological and privacy concerns not covered in current research regulations that warrant additional consideration.
背景
社交媒体在推进心理健康研究招募方面具有令人兴奋的前景，但这些平台的使用程度和效果尚未得到充分探索。
目的
本系统评价旨在描述当前使用社交媒体招募心理健康研究参与者的情况和效果。
方法
通过 MEDLINE、EMBASE 和 PsychINFO 进行文献回顾。仅选择非重复的、用英语撰写的且发表于 2004 年 1 月 1 日至 2019 年 3 月 31 日之间的文献进行进一步筛选。提取的数据包括研究类型和设计、参与者纳入标准、社交媒体平台、广告策略、最终招募的样本量、招募地点、年份、金钱激励、如果进行了与其他招募方法的比较，以及每位参与者的最终成本。
结果
共回顾了 176 项使用社交媒体进行心理健康研究招募的独特研究。大多数研究的设计为横断面研究（62.5%），招募的是成年人。Facebook 是首选的招募平台（92.6%），使用付费广告是主要策略（60.8%）。在所审查的研究中，物质滥用（43.8%）和情绪障碍（15.3%）是主要研究对象。在 68.3%的研究中，社交媒体招募在最终纳入参与者的数量和成本方面与传统招募方法一样或更好。大多数研究使用 Facebook 进行招募，每个最终招募的研究参与者的中位数成本为 19.47 美元。在 55.6%的研究中，与传统方法（如转介、邮寄）相比，社交媒体招募是更具成本效益的招募方法。
结论
社交媒体似乎是心理健康研究的一种有效且经济的招募工具。该平台提出了当前研究法规未涵盖的方法学和隐私问题，值得进一步考虑。
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