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. 2017 Sep 1;19(9):e308. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7819

Table 2.

Summary and ranking of four most popular tweets by specific metrics.

Tweet topic Tweet content Retweets, n (rank) Favorites, n (rank) Impressionsa, n (rank) Engagementb, n (rank) URL clicks, n (rank)
Acute respiratory infections Do antivirals work for #flu? @cochranecollab evidence concludes they’re not as effective as we previously thought 17 (#1) 3 (-)c 2175 (#4) 50 (#2) 7 (-)
Public health #systematicreview of 37 studies w/27,964 children shows #obesity prevention programs reduce adiposity 13 (#2) 6 (#3) 1400 (-) 44 (-) 12 (-)
Journal club promotion Passionate about #childhealth evidence? Join the #CochraneChild tweet chat Feb 25 @ 2 pm MST (9 pm GMT) 12 (#3) 6 (#2) 1974 (-) 45 (-) 8 (-)
Acute respiratory infections Measles is making a comeback | #itsasmallworldafterall, so get vaccinated! 12 (#3) 1 (-) 3151 (#1) 32 (-) 3 (-)
Pain, palliative and supportive care Pain relief important part of caring for kids | we need to address knowing-doing gap. #painevidence 11 (#4) 4 (-) 1409 (-) 45 (-) 13 (-)
Neonatology No more research needed on sucrose/glucose for infants pain | Now we need to put knowledge into action! 11 (#4) 5 (#4) 1690 51 (#1) 25 (#2)
Acute respiratory infections Blogging #childhealth evidence | This week: Cochrane meets controversy: Vaccines for measles, mumps, & rubella 11 (#4) 4 (-) 2983 (#2) 43 (-) 13 (-)
Public health Blogging #childhealth evidence | This week: Policies & strategies for preventing childhood #obesity 11 (#4) 5 (#4) 2347 (#3) 39 (-) 6 (-)
Acute respiratory infections Coughing kids? #honey better than placebo or diphenhydramine for improving sleep in children (and parents) 10 (-) 6 (#1) 1149 (-) 46 (-) 12 (-)
Acute respiratory infections 1 out of 3 babies will get #bronchiolitis in their 1st year | Despite its prevalence, clinical practice varies 7 (-) 3 (-) 823 (-) 49 (#3) 20 (#3)
Infectious diseases Oral rehydration? Lactose avoidance? Both? | @giordanopg talks about how to treat acute diarrhea in kids 7 (-) 5 (-) 1186 (-) 49 (#3) 15 (-)
Acute respiratory infections Are antibiotics over-prescribed for sore throat? @UKCochraneCentr | #childhealth evidence 6 (-) 5 (-) 1525 (-) 47 (#4) 28 (#1)

aImpressions reflect the number of times a user is served a tweet in timelines or search results.

bEngagement reflects the total number of times a user interacted with a tweet.

c(-) indicates that the tweet did not rank in the top four.