From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Jul 1;152(1):166e-187e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010232. Epub 2023 Jan 24.
Crowdsourcing uses online platforms to collect large data from laypersons and has been increasingly used over the past 5 years to answer questions about aesthetic and functional outcomes following plastic and reconstructive surgery. This systematic review evaluates crowdsourcing articles in plastic and reconstructive surgery based on study topic, participants, and effect size in the hopes of describing best practices.
A systematic search strategy was developed with a licensed librarian and attending plastic surgeon to query all articles using crowdsourcing in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Covidence systematic review manager was used by two independent reviewers to import articles, screen abstracts, evaluate full texts, and extract data.
A search run on October 8, 2021, yielded 168 studies, of which 45 were ultimately included. Craniofacial surgery and aesthetic surgery collectively constituted over half of studies. Participants in plastic surgery crowdsourcing studies are more commonly from the United States, female, straight, 25 to 35 years old; have completed college; and earn $20,000 to $50,000 per year. Studies typically assessed aesthetic perceptions, cost approximately $350, ran a median of 9 days, included approximately 60 unique survey items, and included approximately 40 unique human images.
Crowdsourcing is a relatively new, low-cost method of garnering high-volume data from laypersons that may further our understanding of public perception in plastic and reconstructive surgery. As with other nascent fields, there is significant variability in number of subjects used, subject compensation, and methodology, indicating an opportunity for quality improvement.
众包利用在线平台从非专业人士那里收集大量数据，在过去 5 年中越来越多地被用于回答有关整形和重建手术后美学和功能结果的问题。本系统评价根据研究主题、参与者和整形和重建手术众包研究中的效应量评估众包文章，以期描述最佳实践。
与持牌图书馆员和主治整形外科医生合作制定了系统搜索策略，以查询所有使用众包进行整形和重建手术的文章。两名独立审查员使用 Covidence 系统评价经理导入文章、筛选摘要、评估全文和提取数据。
2021 年 10 月 8 日进行的搜索产生了 168 项研究，其中最终纳入了 45 项研究。颅面外科和美容外科的研究合计占一半以上。整形手术众包研究的参与者通常来自美国、女性、异性恋、25 至 35 岁、完成大学学业、年收入 20,000 至 50,000 美元。研究通常评估美学感知，费用约为 350 美元，平均运行 9 天，包括约 60 个独特的调查项目，包括约 40 个独特的人体图像。
众包是一种相对较新的、低成本的方法，可以从非专业人士那里获取大量数据，从而进一步了解公众对整形和重建手术的看法。与其他新兴领域一样，使用的受试者数量、受试者补偿和方法存在很大差异，这表明有改进质量的机会。
