Ethical and legal considerations in social media research for health technology assessment: conclusions from a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to identify and describe the published guidance and current academic discourse of ethical issues and standards related to the use of Social Media Research for generating patient insights for the use by health technology assessment (HTA) or health policy decisions.

Methods

A scoping review of the literature was conducted in PubMed and Embase and identified 935 potential references published between January 2017 and June 2021. After title and abstract screening by three reviewers, 40 publications were included, the relevant information was extracted and data were collected in a mind map, which was then used to structure the output of the review.

Results

Social Media Research may reveal new insights of relevance to HTA or health

SUBMITTER: Holtorf AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11570170 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature