Barreda Christina, Moreno Megan A
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Pediatr Transplant. 2025 Feb;29(1):e14899. doi: 10.1111/petr.14899.
Social media is interwoven into adolescents' daily lives. Many adolescents utilize digital technology in their healthcare journeys, as do their caregivers. Health systems increasingly seek ways to leverage these new tools toward supporting and caring for patients. These approaches may be of particular importance of adolescents, as well as healthcare systems, in providing care for chronic and serious illness including transplant patients.
This review article will begin with an overview of adolescent social media use. We will then consider ways in which social media may impact adolescents' healthcare experience including identity development and adherence.
Caregivers may leverage social media for information seeking. Families may use social media to seek social support, as well as potential donors. For healthcare systems, social media may enhance research efforts as well as information delivery.
Future directions include studies examining how social media can support adolescent transplant patients. incorporation of youth voice into these studies may enhance application of findings to clinical practice.
社交媒体已融入青少年的日常生活。许多青少年在其医疗保健过程中使用数字技术，他们的照顾者亦是如此。卫生系统越来越多地寻求利用这些新工具来支持和照顾患者。这些方法对于青少年以及卫生系统在为包括移植患者在内的慢性和严重疾病提供护理方面可能尤为重要。
这篇综述文章将首先概述青少年使用社交媒体的情况。然后我们将探讨社交媒体可能影响青少年医疗保健体验的方式，包括身份认同发展和依从性。
照顾者可利用社交媒体来寻求信息。家庭可能会使用社交媒体来寻求社会支持以及潜在捐赠者。对于卫生系统而言，社交媒体可加强研究工作以及信息传递。
未来的方向包括研究社交媒体如何支持青少年移植患者。将青少年的声音纳入这些研究可能会增强研究结果在临床实践中的应用。
