Table 4.
Patient social media use (N=199).
| Social media platforms used | Outpatients who use social media, n (%)a | |
| Social media platforms used |
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Ask.fm | 1 (0.5) |
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164 (82.4) | |
|
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123 (61.8) | |
|
|
Musical.ly | 4 (2.0) |
|
|
40 (20.1) | |
|
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28 (14.1) | |
|
|
Snapchat | 56 (28.1) |
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|
Tumblr | 19 (9.5) |
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58 (29.1) | |
|
|
YouTube | 25 (12.6) |
|
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Other | 13 (6.5) |
| Content of social media posts |
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|
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Photos | 152 (76.4) |
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Videos | 77 (38.7) |
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Links (to articles, videos, other peoples’ posts, etc) | 105 (52.8) |
|
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Mood/feelings | 51 (25.6) |
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Opinions or personal recommendations | 63 (31.7) |
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Reactions (to news, events, other people, etc) | 80 (40.2) |
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Important life updates | 72 (36.2) |
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Everyday things that happened in life | 39 (19.6) |
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Activities | 53 (26.6) |
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Goals/plans for the future | 25 (12.6) |
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Comments/likes of other posts | 123 (61.8) |
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Others | 13 (6.5) |
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Never post on social media | 13 (6.5) |
aResults were summarized as the total count of people who indicated the answer listed in the table over the total count of people who indicated having at least one social media account.