Conflict of interest and funding in health communication on social media: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesise the available evidence on the reporting of conflicts of interest (COI) by individuals posting health messages on social media, and on the reporting of funding sources of studies cited in health messages on social media.

Data sources

MEDLINE (OVID) (2005-March 2022), Embase (2005-March 2022) and Google Scholar (2005-August 2022), supplemented with a review of reference lists and forward citation tracking.

Design

Reviewers selected eligible studies and abstracted data in duplicate and independently. We appraised the quality of the included studies using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. We summarised the results in both narrative and tabular formats. We followed the PRISMA 2020 checklist for reporting our study.

Results

Of a total of 16 6

SUBMITTER: Helou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432670 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature