继续发布和关注有关物理治疗的社交媒体资料，但请注意！对 Instagram 和 Twitter 上社交媒体帖子的横断面研究。

Keep posting and following social media profiles about physical therapy, but be aware! A cross-sectional study of social media posts on Instagram and Twitter.

机构信息

La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia de Santa Maria (IORT), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

出版信息

Braz J Phys Ther. 2023 Jan-Feb;27(1):100484. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2023.100484. Epub 2023 Feb 20.

DOI:10.1016/j.bjpt.2023.100484

PMID:36870215

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9995938/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Social media is established as a communication channel that is useful to disseminate scientific information. While social media can disseminate high quality information, it can also facilitate the spread of false or misleading information. Furthermore, social media is considered a self-promotion environment that can have several aspects related to personal marketing.

OBJECTIVE

To systematically search and review social media posts verifying whether the posts about physical therapy interventions reported sources of information; the presence of aspects suggesting conflicts of interest (COI); whether information was presented to facilitate knowledge acquisition; the reach of information posted; and the use and quality of the cited scientific references.

METHODS

Searches were performed on Instagram and Twitter using #reabilitação for Portuguese posts, and #rehabilitation for English posts. The inclusion criteria were posts including terms related to physical therapy and presenting interventions along with their purposes. The searches and screening processes were performed by at least two independent researchers.

RESULTS

Of 1,145 pre-selected posts, 632 posts were included, of which 14% cited references as source of information, 57% presented potential COI, and 9% facilitated knowledge acquisition. The posts received the mean ± SD of 88 ± 593 likes and profiles had a mean of 5,162 ± 37,240 followers. Considering the posts that cited references, most posts presented consistent information (51%) and 6% presented only positives outcomes (selection bias). Many references were of poor methodological quality (39%).

CONCLUSION

The present study enlightens the fact that most posts on Instagram and Twitter regarding physical therapy interventions did not report or use sources to support the information disseminated. Also, most posts were not created to facilitate knowledge acquisition.

REGISTRATION NUMBER

PROSPERO register database (CRD42021276941).

摘要

背景

社交媒体是一种已被确立的沟通渠道，可用于传播科学信息。虽然社交媒体可以传播高质量的信息，但它也可以促进虚假或误导性信息的传播。此外，社交媒体被认为是一个自我推销的环境，可能涉及到个人营销的几个方面。

目的

系统地搜索和审查社交媒体上的帖子，以验证这些关于物理治疗干预措施的帖子是否报告了信息来源；是否存在利益冲突（COI）的迹象；信息是否呈现为便于获取知识；帖子的传播范围；以及引用科学参考文献的使用和质量。

方法

使用#reabilitação（葡萄牙语）和#rehabilitation（英语）在 Instagram 和 Twitter 上进行搜索。纳入标准为包含与物理治疗相关的术语并展示干预措施及其目的的帖子。搜索和筛选过程由至少两名独立的研究人员进行。

结果

在 1145 篇预选帖子中，有 632 篇帖子被纳入，其中 14%的帖子引用了参考文献作为信息来源，57%的帖子存在潜在的 COI，9%的帖子促进了知识获取。这些帖子平均获得了 88±593 个赞，个人资料平均有 5162±37240 个关注者。考虑到引用参考文献的帖子，大多数帖子呈现出一致的信息（51%），只有 6%的帖子只呈现积极的结果（选择偏倚）。许多参考文献的方法学质量较差（39%）。