Exploring the role of online health information and social media in the illness experience of arthritis‐related fatigue: A focus group study

Muir, Julia; Hegarty, Roisin S. M.; Stebbings, Simon; Treharne, Gareth J.

doi:10.1002/msc.1494

“…Furthermore, nearly 90% of healthcare workers have social media accounts 2 . As such, social media has become a way of spreading evidence-based medical information during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 3 and for orthopaedic-related topics, such as arthritis 4 .…”

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Analysis of Social Media Perceptions Among Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Applicants and Social Media Use by Residency Programs During the 2020 to 2021 Cycle

Checketts

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,

Hunt

²

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Checketts

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et al. 2021

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Introduction: Owing to the coronavirus 2019 pandemic limiting both applicants and residency programs in their ability to connect in-person, it is likely that a shift toward virtual connections was made. We aimed to query applicants regarding their perspectives of orthopaedic residency program social media use. Furthermore, we aimed to quantify the number of orthopaedic surgery residency programs with active social media accounts. Methods: All applicants to a single orthopaedic surgery residency were surveyed regarding their perceptions of social media use by orthopaedic surgery residency programs. After this, we evaluated social media use by orthopaedic surgery residency programs. Results: Of total, 54.3% of applicants indicated that an orthopaedic surgery residency program they followed on social media posted content that increased their interest in the program. Furthermore, 77.8% of the applicants believed that orthopaedic surgery residency programs should have social media accounts, specifically Instagram. Of the orthopaedic surgery residencies identified, 113 (58.9%) had Instagram, 84 (43.8%) had Twitter, and 21 (10.9%) had Facebook accounts. Discussion: Applicants largely feel that orthopaedic surgery residencies should have social media accounts. Orthopaedic surgery residencies saw the value in connecting with students virtually, as shown by nearly 90% of the programs, with social media starting their accounts this year.

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“…With the widespread popularity of mobile networks, people are more likely to use mobile phones to obtain health information (Liu et al, 2022b). Social media platforms have become an important medium for people to search, share, and discuss information (Choi and Toma, 2014;Muir et al, 2020). In this context, many scholars have begun to explore how to achieve health interventions for target groups through the dissemination and guidance of health information.…”

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Designing mindfulness information for interaction in social media: The role of information framing, health risk perception and lay theories of health

Wang

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,

Bin

²

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Guo

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et al. 2023

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In the post-pandemic era, our health is facing unprecedented challenges, and people are more willing to obtain health-related information or interact with each other than ever before. In this context, people’s interest in mindfulness information is also growing. However, not enough attention has been paid to the relationship between mindfulness information design and information interaction. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of information design based on the gain and loss framework on people’s willingness to interact with mindfulness information, and to identify the framework for achieving better results. Through two experimental studies, we find that information design based on the framework of gains and losses can produce different effects. Specifically, the findings of the first experiment (N = 282) shows the individuals are more willing to interact mindfulness information when they are exposed to gain-framed information rather than loss-framed. In the second experiment (N = 308), we find that loss framing, compared with gain framing, led to greater health risk perception, which in turn make participants more likely to interact with mindfulness information with others. Additionally, our results show that the lay theories of health plays a moderating role in the direct effect of information framework on willingness to interact with mindfulness information in social media. When individuals hold incremental lay theories, they are more willing to interact with mindfulness information under the gain-framed information condition compared with the loss-framed information condition. However, when individuals are in entity condition, there is no significant difference in the willingness to interact with mindfulness information between the gain-framed and loss-framed information. Our studies of integrating information framework into designing mindfulness information suggest a promising strategy of health information interaction in social media.

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“…With the widespread popularity of mobile networks, people are more likely to use mobile phones to obtain health information ( Liu et al, 2022b ). Social media platforms have become an important medium for people to search, share, and discuss information ( Choi and Toma, 2014 ; Muir et al, 2020 ). In this context, many scholars have begun to explore how to achieve health interventions for target groups through the dissemination and guidance of health information.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing mindfulness information for interaction in social media: The role of information framing, health risk perception and lay theories of health

Wang

¹

,

Bin²,

Guo³

et al. 2023

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In the post-pandemic era, our health is facing unprecedented challenges, and people are more willing to obtain health-related information or interact with each other than ever before. In this context, people’s interest in mindfulness information is also growing. However, not enough attention has been paid to the relationship between mindfulness information design and information interaction. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of information design based on the gain and loss framework on people’s willingness to interact with mindfulness information, and to identify the framework for achieving better results. Through two experimental studies, we find that information design based on the framework of gains and losses can produce different effects. Specifically, the findings of the first experiment (N = 282) shows the individuals are more willing to interact mindfulness information when they are exposed to gain-framed information rather than loss-framed. In the second experiment (N = 308), we find that loss framing, compared with gain framing, led to greater health risk perception, which in turn make participants more likely to interact with mindfulness information with others. Additionally, our results show that the lay theories of health plays a moderating role in the direct effect of information framework on willingness to interact with mindfulness information in social media. When individuals hold incremental lay theories, they are more willing to interact with mindfulness information under the gain-framed information condition compared with the loss-framed information condition. However, when individuals are in entity condition, there is no significant difference in the willingness to interact with mindfulness information between the gain-framed and loss-framed information. Our studies of integrating information framework into designing mindfulness information suggest a promising strategy of health information interaction in social media.

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Exploring the role of online health information and social media in the illness experience of arthritis‐related fatigue: A focus group study

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Analysis of Social Media Perceptions Among Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Applicants and Social Media Use by Residency Programs During the 2020 to 2021 Cycle

Analysis of Social Media Perceptions Among Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Applicants and Social Media Use by Residency Programs During the 2020 to 2021 Cycle

Designing mindfulness information for interaction in social media: The role of information framing, health risk perception and lay theories of health

Designing mindfulness information for interaction in social media: The role of information framing, health risk perception and lay theories of health

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