Para Ashok, Batko Brian, Ippolito Joseph, Hanna Gabriel, Edobor-Osula Folorunsho
Department of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Children (Basel). 2021 Sep 29;8(10):869. doi: 10.3390/children8100869.
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a common orthopaedic condition affecting newborns. The rapid and vast adoption of social media has changed how we access medical information. The aim of this study was to deepen the understanding of the impact of social media as a tool used by caregivers. A search was performed on the Facebook (FB), Twitter (TW), and YouTube (YT) platforms. Information was quantitatively assessed by category, and number of posts and users. Comments and posts from the social medial platforms were then qualitatively assessed by using a thematic analysis. 16 Facebook pages and groups, 135 YouTube videos, and 5 Twitter accounts related to DDH were identified across 15 countries. A total of 25,471 comments/tweets were recorded. Across the social media platforms, the most common comments theme was "information sharing" (36.1%). Facebook groups had a significantly greater number of comments that were characterized as "social media as a second opinion" in comparison to YouTube videos ( < 0.001), whereas YouTube videos had significantly fewer comments characterized as "sharing information" in comparison to Facebook groups and Facebook pages ( < 0.0001). Orthopaedic surgeons may utilize caregiver presence on social media as an opportunity to help share accurate information and facilitate informed decision-making.
发育性髋关节发育不良（DDH）是一种影响新生儿的常见骨科疾病。社交媒体的迅速广泛普及改变了我们获取医学信息的方式。本研究的目的是加深对社交媒体作为护理人员使用工具所产生影响的理解。在脸书（FB）、推特（TW）和优兔（YT）平台上进行了搜索。信息按类别、帖子数量和用户数量进行定量评估。然后，通过主题分析对社交媒体平台上的评论和帖子进行定性评估。在15个国家中，共识别出16个脸书页面和群组、135个优兔视频以及5个与DDH相关的推特账户。总共记录了25471条评论/推文。在所有社交媒体平台上，最常见的评论主题是“信息分享”（36.1%）。与优兔视频相比，脸书群组中被归类为“社交媒体作为第二种观点”的评论数量显著更多（<0.001），而与脸书群组和脸书页面相比，优兔视频中被归类为“分享信息”的评论数量显著更少（<0.0001）。骨科医生可以利用护理人员在社交媒体上的存在，作为分享准确信息并促进明智决策的契机。
