Table 4.
Health-related social media use and willingness to use it to promote health-related causes.
Survey questions | n (%) | ||
Have you posted health-related activities using social media? | |||
|
Yes | 50 (25.1) | |
|
No | 54 (27.1) | |
|
Total | 104 | |
|
N/Aa | 95 (47.7) | |
Have you posted nonhealth-related activities on social media? | |||
|
Yes | 75 (37.7) | |
|
No | 28 (14.1) | |
|
Total | 103 | |
|
N/A | 96 (48.2) | |
Would you be willing to share information about your health through social media? | |||
|
Yes | 71 (35.7) | |
|
No | 33 (16.6) | |
|
Total | 104 | |
|
N/A | 95 (47.7) | |
Would you be willing to post information about your kidney disease on social media? | |||
|
Yes | 94 (47.2) | |
|
No | 41 (20.6) | |
|
Total | 135 (67.8)b | |
|
Missing | 64 (32.2) | |
Did you or a family or friend share information on social media about your need for a kidney transplant? | |||
|
Neither asked | 74 (37.2) | |
|
Patient asked | 3 (1.5) | |
|
Family or friend asked | 14 (7.0) | |
|
Both asked | 6 (3.0) | |
|
Total | 97 (48.7) | |
|
Missing | 102 (51.3) |
aN/A: not applicable.
bIncludes people who said “no” to a history of sharing.