Risks and Benefits of Web-Based Patient Narratives: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient narratives are illustrative, individual accounts of patients' experiences with certain health conditions. Web-based patient narratives have become widely available on the internet and in social media, as part of electronically available patient decision aids or Web-based databases. In recent years, the role of patient narratives as a source of information, insight, and support for both health care users and providers has increasingly been emphasized. Although the potential impact of patient stories has high immediate plausibility, it is of interest to know if this impact can be captured in quantitative studies.

Objective

This review aimed to evaluate whether research-generated Web-based patient narratives have quantifiable risks or benefits for (potential)

SUBMITTER: Drewniak D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146251 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature