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. 2023 Sep 30;15(9):e46296. doi: 10.7759/cureus.46296

Table 3. A thorough overview of the type of information shared via the posts.

Criteria N (%)
Description about the disease (Explaining what is it) 67 (34.18%)
Description of symptoms 121 (61.73%)
Information about prevalence/incidence 22 (11.22%)
Information about cause/etiology 10 (5.1%)
Information about diagnosis 28 (14.29%)
Information about prevalence 21 (10.71%)
Information about treatment 37 (18.88%)
Information about mortality 11 (5.61%)
Information about rehabilitation 28 (14.29%)
Information about support groups 12 (6.12%)
Information about people/patients sharing their own experiences 109 (55.61%)
Information about parent sharing their experiences with family members 17 (8.67%)
Is it a digitally created image/video? 122 (62.24%)
The post has promotional content by pharmaceutical companies or by doctors 8 (4.08%)