The Role of Social Media for Identifying Adverse Drug Events Data in Pharmacovigilance: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a considerable public health burden resulting in disability, hospitalization, and death. Even those ADEs deemed nonserious can severely impact a patient's quality of life and adherence to intervention. Monitoring medication safety, however, is challenging. Social media may be a useful adjunct for obtaining real-world data on ADEs. While many studies have been undertaken to detect adverse events on social media, a consensus has not yet been reached as to the value of social media in pharmacovigilance or its role in pharmacovigilance in relation to more traditional data sources.

Objective

The aim of the study is to evaluate and characterize the use of social media in ADE detection and pharmacovigilance as compared to other data sources

SUBMITTER: Golder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433020 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature