Rost Michael, Espeli Vittoria, Ansari Marc, von der Weid Nicolas, Elger Bernice S, De Clercq Eva
Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, CH, Basel 4056, Switzerland.
Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Oncologia Medica Bellinzona, TI, CH, Switzerland.
Health Policy Technol. 2022 Sep;11(3):100610. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100610. Epub 2022 Mar 4.
The study aimed to explore the attitudes of Swiss healthcare professionals toward the use of social media in adolescent and young adult oncology, and to examine whether the ongoing social restrictions due to COVID-19 might have altered these attitudes.
This research was a survey study. The subjects were healthcare providers working in pediatric or adult oncology settings in Switzerland. 62 providers completed the survey. We performed descriptive and inferential statistical analyses.
While considered useful for various professional aspects (professional life 62.1%, educational purposes 72.7%, networking 83.3%, patient engagement 57.6%, clinical trial recruitment 51.5%), only a small proportion of participants actually used social media for professional reasons weekly (32.8%). Just over half considered themselves skillful in using these platforms (56.1%). Regression analysis revealed that self-assessed skillfulness with social media, the Covid-19 impact on attitudes, and the oncology setting, significantly predicted assessment of the usefulness of social media. Although, in answers to open items, institutional guidelines were deemed crucial to improve social media use, many respondents seemed unaware of their existence (50.8%). Only a minority reported an impact of Covid-19 on their attitudes towards the professional implementation of social media (25.0%).
The global health crisis creates important challenges for young patients with cancer and their healthcare providers. In times of social restrictions, social media may be a promising tools to facilitate health information provision, connectivity, and patient care. Virtual mentorship and targeted social media training interventions might be a good way to improve familiarity with using social media and to increase awareness about existing ethical guidelines for their use.
本研究旨在探讨瑞士医疗保健专业人员对青少年和青年肿瘤学中使用社交媒体的态度，并研究由于新冠疫情导致的持续社会限制是否可能改变了这些态度。
本研究为一项调查研究。研究对象为瑞士儿科或成人肿瘤学环境中的医疗保健提供者。62名提供者完成了调查。我们进行了描述性和推断性统计分析。
虽然社交媒体在各个专业方面被认为是有用的（职业生活62.1%、教育目的72.7%、建立联系83.3%、患者参与57.6%、临床试验招募51.5%），但只有一小部分参与者实际上每周出于专业原因使用社交媒体（32.8%）。略超过一半的人认为自己擅长使用这些平台（56.1%）。回归分析显示，自我评估的社交媒体技能、新冠疫情对态度的影响以及肿瘤学环境，显著预测了对社交媒体有用性的评估。尽管在开放性问题的回答中，机构指南被认为对改善社交媒体使用至关重要，但许多受访者似乎不知道这些指南的存在（50.8%）。只有少数人报告新冠疫情对他们对社交媒体专业应用的态度有影响（25.0%）。
全球健康危机给年轻癌症患者及其医疗保健提供者带来了重大挑战。在社会限制时期，社交媒体可能是促进健康信息提供、联系和患者护理的有前途的工具。虚拟指导和有针对性的社交媒体培训干预可能是提高对使用社交媒体的熟悉程度并提高对其使用的现有道德准则认识的好方法。
