Cervical Myelopathy and Social Media: Mixed Methods Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a progressive neurologic condition caused by age-related degeneration of the cervical spine. Social media has become a crucial part of many patients' lives; however, little is known about social media use pertaining to DCM.

Objective

This manuscript describes the landscape of social media use and DCM in patients, caretakers, clinicians, and researchers.

Methods

A comprehensive search of the entire Twitter application programing interface database from inception to March 2022 was performed to identify all tweets about cervical myelopathy. Data on Twitter users included geographic location, number of followers, and number of tweets. The number of tweet likes, retweets, quotes, and total engagement were collected. Twee

SUBMITTER: Elkaim LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242472 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature