2019
DOI: 10.15171/hpp.2019.44
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Instagram as a social media tool about orthognathic surgery

Abstract: Background: The aim of this short communication was to evaluate the quality and content of the Instagram posts about orthognathic surgery. Methods: Two hashtags #jawsurgery and #orthognathicsurgery were searched on Instagramin this retrospective Instagram post analysis study. Selected 100 posts for each hashtag were analyzed for type, total number of likes, comments, purpose and source. Results: Most of the posts about #jawsurgery were uploaded by patients (56.1%) who shared their personal experience. Most of … Show more

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“…The literature provides broad evidence that the presence of social support improves patient experiences of healthcare services. 7,8 Social media use may help patient support by allowing the creation of like-minded groups that may improve interpersonal contact, and answer relevant questions and support patient experiences. 13 Knösel and Jung measured the knowledge levels found in orthodontic-related videos on YouTube™, and determined that videos were mostly shared by patients, and most of the videos shared by orthodontists were for advertising purposes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The literature provides broad evidence that the presence of social support improves patient experiences of healthcare services. 7,8 Social media use may help patient support by allowing the creation of like-minded groups that may improve interpersonal contact, and answer relevant questions and support patient experiences. 13 Knösel and Jung measured the knowledge levels found in orthodontic-related videos on YouTube™, and determined that videos were mostly shared by patients, and most of the videos shared by orthodontists were for advertising purposes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7 Instagram is a social media application that supports free photograph and video sharing. It was founded in October 2010 8 and has increased its worldwide popularity since that time. By the year 2018, Instagram had become a social online platform claiming more than one billion members.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, the educational information clinicians provide to patients has a vital role in increasing the patient's cooperation during the treatment and treatment success. Many patients select it as the main source because of its simplicity and easy Access [19][20][21][22] . The existence of reachable websites that can provide information to patients guides them to make more choices about health services.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Self-injury is another topic that previous studies on Instagram photos have focused on, showing that pictures with a high degree of injury generated more comments [ 26 ], though the majority did not contain any advisory warning [ 27 ]. Previous studies also analyzed social media photos about alcohol [ 28 ], junk food [ 29 ], pregnancy [ 30 ], and surgery [ 31 ].…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%