Apel Zuzanna, Fagundes Nathalia Carolina Fernandes, Sharmin Nazlee, Nassar Usama, Gow Gordon, Apel Dominic, Perez Arnaldo
School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2025 Feb;29(1):50-63. doi: 10.1111/eje.13053. Epub 2024 Oct 27.
The literature on the use of social media in oral health education has grown in recent years; however, the research activity on this topic has not been comprehensibly summarised. This scoping review aimed to map the available literature on students' and faculty's use of social media in oral health education across the platforms.
This review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework and adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extensions for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Seven databases were searched to include literature until October 2023. Studies were included if they were published in English and focused on using social media in oral health education. Two independent reviewers screened for article eligibility and extracted the relevant data.
The review included 40 articles published between January 2008 and October 2023. Most studies used quantitative approaches, did not specify the study design, were noninterventional and reported on undergraduate dental students' use of social media. Included studies centred on patterns of use, views and actual effectiveness of social media. YouTube emerged as the most frequently used platform, followed by Podcast, Facebook and WhatsApp.
The use of social media in oral health education was found to be useful based on direct and indirect outcome measures. However, robust research designs are required to further evaluate the impact of social media on oral health education.
近年来，关于社交媒体在口腔健康教育中的应用的文献不断增加；然而，关于这一主题的研究活动尚未得到全面总结。本范围综述旨在梳理各平台上有关学生和教师在口腔健康教育中使用社交媒体的现有文献。
本综述以阿克西和奥马利的范围综述框架为指导，并遵循系统评价和元分析扩展版的范围综述的首选报告项目（PRISMA-ScR）。检索了七个数据库，纳入截至2023年10月的文献。纳入的研究需为英文发表且聚焦于社交媒体在口腔健康教育中的应用。两名独立评审员筛选文章的合格性并提取相关数据。
该综述纳入了2008年1月至2023年10月发表的40篇文章。大多数研究采用定量方法，未明确研究设计，为非干预性研究，且报道了本科牙科学生对社交媒体的使用情况。纳入的研究集中在社交媒体的使用模式、观点及实际效果。YouTube成为使用最频繁的平台，其次是播客、Facebook和WhatsApp。
基于直接和间接结果指标，发现社交媒体在口腔健康教育中的应用是有用的。然而，需要强有力研究设计来进一步评估社交媒体对口腔健康教育的影响。
