Interventions Using Social Media for Cancer Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regarding cancer awareness, social media effectively promotes health and supports self-management. Given the diverse study designs, methodologies, and approaches of social media interventions in oncology, it is difficult to determine the effects of social media on cancer prevention and management.

Objective

We aim to systematically review intervention studies using social media for cancer care.

Methods

A systematic search, using 7 electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Scopus, EMBASE, and PsycINFO), was conducted to identify surveys and interventions using contemporary social media tools with a focus on cancer.

Results

Of the 18 selected studies, 7 were randomized controlled trials. Most studies were conducted for all

SUBMITTER: Han CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5787052 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov/Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature