Can I get a retweet please? Health research recruitment and the Twittersphere
Can I get a retweet please? Health research recruitment and the Twittersphere
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DOI：
10.1111/jan.12222
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Skirton, Heather
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作者：
O'Connor, Anita;Jackson, Leigh;Skirton, Heather
AimTo评估社交网站Twitter™作为在线健康研究招募的工具，并研究Twitter社区将如何共享信息：我们研究的重点是高龄产妇的产前经验。BackgroundOne的结果是全球互联网和移动的电话使用的增长是增加了在线获取健康信息的能力，并使用包括Facebook和Twitter在内的社交媒体网站。虽然社交媒体已经被用于以前的健康研究，有一个在健康research.DesignA横截面survey.MethodWe报告了一个新的招聘方法，通过社交网站之间的2012年5月和8月的文献使用Twitter。通过Twitter账户，我们在Twitter上发布并请求其他Twitter用户转发我们参与这项研究的邀请。推文包含一个独特的URL，将参与者引导到Survey Monkey™网站上的在线调查。共有529名母亲访问了这项调查，结果是359名研究人员的推文和随后的推文被Twitter用户看到。299人（56.5%）完全完成了调查。结论Twitter是一种具有成本效益的招募手段，能够接触到潜在的难以接触的人群，为参与者提供透明度，匿名性和更容易获得的参与健康研究的方法。
AimTo evaluate the social networking site Twitter™ as a vehicle for recruitment in online health research and to examine how the Twitter community would share information: the focus of our study was the antenatal experience of mothers of advanced maternal age.BackgroundOne result of growth in worldwide Internet and mobile phone usage is the increased ability to source health information online and to use social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Although social media have been used in previous health research, there is a lack of literature on the use of Twitter in health research.DesignA cross‐sectional survey.MethodWe report a novel recruitment method via a social networking site between May and August 2012. Through a Twitter account, we tweeted and requested other Twitter users to retweet our invitation to be involved in the study. Tweets contained a unique URL directing participants to an online survey hosted on the Survey Monkey™ website.FindingsOver 11 weeks, 749 original tweets were posted by the researcher. A total of 529 mothers accessed the survey as a result of 359 researcher tweets and subsequent retweets that were seen by Twitter users. The survey was fully completed by 299 (56·5%) participants.ConclusionTwitter is a cost‐effective means of recruitment, enabling engagement with potentially difficult‐to‐reach populations, providing participants with transparency, anonymity and a more accessible method by which to participate in health research.