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. 2016 Dec 20;18(12):e328. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6176

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.