Social networking and the use of health-related information

Cordoş, Ariana-Anamaria; Bolboacă, Sorana D.; Drugan, Tudor; Drugan, Cristina

doi:10.1109/ehb.2015.7391426

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“…By comparing the two groups of our respondents, a higher statistically significant percentage of the responders from the Generation X respondents used Google+ and LinkedIn. Previous research has shown that Romanians connect to social media mostly from home [ 5 ], this pattern has also been followed by the doctors that answered this questionnaire, although the Generation X responders, connect significantly more compared to the elderly group also from public places (p < 0.001) ( Table IV ) integrating more openly a social media-based communication [ 21 ].…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Being the most utilized SM in Romania [ 2 – 5 ] including among doctors [ 24 ], Facebook was the most used SM by the responders of this questionnaire ( Table II ), similar to the utilization of this platform by doctors world-wide [ 6 , 14 ]. With a SM market share of 2.26% [ 4 ] and being one of the top 3 most accessed websites in Romania [ 2 ], YouTube [ 14 ] is second in the Romanian doctor’s classification, as it has also been shown in previous research [ 5 ]. Google+ resulted in the third place at the top of the preferences of the respondents ( Table II ).…”

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confidence: 60%

“…However, this answer could have been mistaken for the name of the Google search platform, as previous research shows that the search engine is the most visited website in Romania [ 2 ]. Moreover, there is no previous research that places Google+ at the top of social media platforms used [ 3 , 5 ]. Being one of the top 10 most accessed websites in Romania [ 2 ], Wikipedia [ 16 ] is the last one, with over 50 responders of this questionnaire.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research among the Romanian population of 2014 reported the preferred place to use social media as homes, with a mean duration from 3 to 5 hours, frequently during the evening. The Romanians’ most frequently used social media platform were Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google+, Twitter, Hi5, and LinkedIn [ 5 ].…”

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Background: Across the globe it has been observed a high reluctance among doctors to engage with social media. The hereby research aims to analyze how physicians circulate medical information using social media. Material and method: The targeted sample population was represented by family physicians and dentists who during 2017 had a contract with the Romanian National Health Insurance House. From the website of the Romanian National Health Insurance House were collected the available e-mail addresses (8,497) and phone numbers (5,422). The call to complete in the research contained a link to the online questionnaire. The request to partake was sent via SMS, WhatsApp and / or e-mail from 24 May to 14 July 2017. For comparison purposes the responders were split in 3 age groups. Millennials were defined as below 38 years old. Generation X represented people between 38 and 51 years old. Baby Boomers were the group aged above 51 years old. Results: The described methodology generated 120 valid questionnaires. The majority of them came from women (61%) living in urban areas (71%) working in private practices using Facebook (85%). Generation X connect more to SM from public places as compared to Baby Boomers (p=0.007). Doctors seek medical information on SM monthly (83%) but rarely give advice through SM to colleagues (28%) or contribute to patients’ medical education (32%). Most physicians interact with their patients through SM (59%), but do not discuss with them about how to search for health information. Conclusion: This research highlighted a low SM usage among Romanian physicians. As anticipated, doctor’s awareness of the SM’s versatile environment was strongly influenced by their age. While doctors acknowledged SM as a resource for medical information they did not engage in cultivating patient’s medical education through these platforms.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%