Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media holds exciting promise for advancing mental health research recruitment, however, the extent and efficacy to which these platforms are currently in use are underexplored.

Objective

A systematic review was conducted to characterize the current use and efficacy of social media in recruiting participants for mental health research.

Method

A literature review was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsychINFO. Only non-duplicative manuscripts written in the English language and published between 1/1/2004-3/31/2019 were selected for further screening. Data extracted included study type and design, participant inclusion criteria, social media platform, advertising strategy, final recruited sample size, recruitment location, year, monetary incentives,

SUBMITTER: Sanchez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7704547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature