Hasan Sayyida S, Shaikh Hashim, Visahan Keshin, Navarro Sergio, Sulapas Irvin, Shybut Theodore
Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.A.
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2022 Dec 20;5(1):e59-e65. doi: 10.1016/j.asmr.2022.10.008. eCollection 2023 Feb.
To quantify the social media utilization of professional sports team physicians on popular platforms and analyze differences between physician users and physician non-users for smaller major professional sports: Major League Soccer (MLS), Major League Lacrosse (MLL), Major League Rugby (MLR), Winter Olympics (WO) and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Physicians for the MLS, MLL, MLR, WO, and WNBA were identified and characterized based on training background, practice setting, years of experience, and geographic location. Social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and ResearchGate were determined. Differences between social media users and non-users were analyzed via chi-squared tests for nonparametric variables. Secondary analysis consisted of univariate logistic regression to identify associated factors.
86 team physicians were identified. 73.3% of physicians had at least one social media profile. 80.2% of physicians were orthopedic surgeons. Specifically, 22.1% had a professional Facebook page, 24.4% had a professional Twitter page, 58.1% had a LinkedIn profile, 25.6% a ResearchGate profile, and 9.3% an Instagram account. All physicians with a social media presence were fellowship-trained.
Seventy-three percent of team physicians in the MLS, MLL, MLR, WO, or WNBA have social media presence, with over half using LinkedIn. Fellowship-trained physicians were significantly more likely to use social media, and 100% of physicians with social media presence were fellowship trained. MLS and WO team physicians were significantly more likely to use LinkedIn ( = .02). MLS team physicians were significantly more likely to use social media overall ( = .004). No other metric significantly impacted social media presence.
The influence of social media is vast. It is important to explore the extent that sports team physicians utilize social media and how this use may influence patient care.
量化职业运动队医生在热门平台上的社交媒体使用情况,并分析美国职业足球大联盟(MLS)、美国职业长曲棍球大联盟(MLL)、美国职业橄榄球大联盟(MLR)、冬奥会(WO)和美国女子职业篮球联赛(WNBA)等较小规模主要职业体育项目中医生用户与非用户之间的差异。
根据培训背景、执业环境、经验年限和地理位置,对MLS、MLL、MLR、WO和WNBA的医生进行识别和特征描述。确定他们在Facebook、Twitter、领英、照片墙和ResearchGate上的社交媒体存在情况。通过对非参数变量的卡方检验分析社交媒体用户和非用户之间的差异。二次分析包括单变量逻辑回归以确定相关因素。
共识别出86名队医。73.3%的医生至少有一个社交媒体资料。80.2%的医生是骨科医生。具体而言,22.1%有专业的Facebook页面,24.4%有专业的Twitter页面,58.1%有领英资料,25.6%有ResearchGate资料,9.3%有照片墙账户。所有有社交媒体存在的医生都接受过专科培训。
MLS、MLL、MLR、WO或WNBA中73%的队医有社交媒体存在,超过一半使用领英。接受过专科培训的医生使用社交媒体的可能性显著更高,所有有社交媒体存在的医生都接受过专科培训。MLS和WO的队医使用领英的可能性显著更高(P = 0.02)。MLS的队医总体上使用社交媒体的可能性显著更高(P = 0.004)。没有其他指标对社交媒体存在有显著影响。
社交媒体的影响巨大。探索运动队医生利用社交媒体的程度以及这种使用可能如何影响患者护理非常重要。