NYU Langone Health, Department of Radiology, New York, NY.
NYU Langone Health, Department of Radiology, New York, NY.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 May-Jun;50(3):362-368. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2021.02.001. Epub 2021 Feb 9.
Social media use in radiology has been well documented, primarily pertaining to Twitter and Facebook. We evaluated radiology-related posts and users on Reddit, a popular platform with users who post and discuss content in a message-board format.
Two subreddits were reviewed: r/radiology (top 100 posts) and r/medicine (search queries: radiology, x-ray, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, PET scan, and mammogram). Post aims and user types were categorized. Kruskal-Wallis H and post-hoc pairwise Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to assess user and post types associated with greater post comments and points.
A total of 323 posts submitted by 258 unique users over a 9 year period with a median of 21 comments (range 0-568) and 119 points (0-1877) were reviewed. These were most commonly posted by physicians (41%), radiologic technologists (18%), and medical students (12%). Radiologists represented 30% of physicians and 12% of all users. Posts by physicians had significantly higher median comments and points than half of other user categories (P = <0.01-0.04). Most posts related to imaging case presentations (25%), comedic content (18%), and imaging appropriateness (10%). The most common radiology subspecialties featured were musculoskeletal (26%), neuroradiology (22%), abdominal (21%), and cardiothoracic (20%). Although only 1% of posts featured wellness and burnout, they had significantly higher median comments and points than 14 of 15 and 15 of 15 other post categories, respectively (P = <0.01-0.03).
Reddit hosts a diverse community providing an interface for education, consultation, and humor. Radiologists represent a small, although impactful, portion of this community and should embrace Reddit as an avenue for engagement.
社交媒体在放射学中的应用已有大量记载，主要涉及 Twitter 和 Facebook。我们评估了 Reddit 上与放射学相关的帖子和用户，这是一个拥有用户的热门平台，用户以留言板的形式发布和讨论内容。
我们回顾了两个 subreddit：r/radiology（排名前 100 的帖子）和 r/medicine（搜索查询：radiology、x-ray、CT scan、MRI、ultrasound、PET scan 和 mammogram）。对帖子的目的和用户类型进行了分类。采用 Kruskal-Wallis H 检验和事后两两 Mann-Whitney U 检验，评估与更多帖子评论和积分相关的用户和帖子类型。
在 9 年的时间里，共有 258 位用户发布了 323 篇帖子，中位数评论数为 21 条（范围 0-568），中位数积分 119 分（范围 0-1877）。这些帖子的发布者主要是医生（41%）、放射技师（18%）和医学生（12%）。放射科医生占医生的 30%和所有用户的 12%。医生发布的帖子评论数和积分中位数显著高于其他用户类别的一半（P=0.01-0.04）。大多数帖子与影像学病例报告（25%）、幽默内容（18%）和影像学适宜性（10%）相关。出现频率最高的放射学亚专业是肌肉骨骼（26%）、神经放射学（22%）、腹部（21%）和心胸（20%）。尽管只有 1%的帖子涉及健康和倦怠，但它们的评论中位数和积分中位数明显高于 15 个其他帖子类别的 14 个和 15 个其他帖子类别的 15 个（P=0.01-0.03）。
Reddit 拥有多元化的社区，为教育、咨询和幽默提供了一个接口。放射科医生在这个社区中只占很小的比例，但却具有很大的影响力，他们应该接受 Reddit 作为一个参与的途径。
