Table 3.

Effects of social media use by patients for health related reasons by article

Effect		Article no.
Patient empowerment	Enhanced subjective well-being	[13, 15, 21–27, 30, 36, 39]
	Enhanced psychological well-being	[13–16, 21–25, 27, 28, 34, 39, 40]
	Improved self-management and control	[14–17, 22–26, 28, 30, 34, 36–38]
Other types of effects	Diminished subjective well-being	[13, 16, 25, 26, 35, 36]
	Loss of privacy	[16]
	Being targeted for promotion	[16]
	Addiction to social media	[35]