@Article{信息:doi 10.2196 / / jmir。5698，作者=“Topolovec-Vranic, Jane and Natarajan, Karthik”，标题=“社交媒体在医学研究招募中的使用:范围审查”，期刊=“J医学互联网研究”，年=“2016”，月=“11”，日=“7”，卷=“18”，数=“11”，页=“e286”，关键词=“患者选择;社交媒体;社交网络;干预研究;观察性研究;背景:招募足够数量的参与者参与医学研究对许多研究人员来说是一项挑战。在过去的10年里，社交媒体网站的使用在普通人群中有所增加。因此，社交媒体网站是招募参与者参与此类研究的一种新的、强大的方法。目的:目的是回答以下问题:(1)在招募研究参与者时，使用社交媒体是否比传统方法更有效? (2) Does social media recruit a sample of research participants comparable to that recruited via other methods? (3) Is social media more cost-effective at research participant recruitment than traditional methods? Methods: Using the MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and EMBASE databases, all medical research studies that used social media and at least one other method for recruitment were identified. These studies were then categorized as either interventional studies or observational studies. For each study, the effectiveness of recruitment, demographic characteristics of the participants, and cost-effectiveness of recruitment using social media were evaluated and compared with that of the other methods used. The social media sites used in recruitment were identified, and if a study stated that the target population was ``difficult to reach'' as identified by the authors of the study, this was noted. Results: Out of 30 studies, 12 found social media to be the most effective recruitment method, 15 did not, and 3 found social media to be equally effective as another recruitment method. Of the 12 studies that found social media to be the best recruitment method, 8 were observational studies while 4 were interventional studies. Of the 15 studies that did not find social media to be the best recruitment method, 7 were interventional studies while 8 were observational studies. In total, 8 studies stated that the target population was ``hard-to-reach,'' and 6 of these studies found social media to be the most effective recruitment method. Out of 14 studies that reported demographic data for participants, 2 studies found that social media recruited a sample comparable to that recruited via traditional methods and 12 did not. Out of 13 studies that reported cost-effectiveness, 5 studies found social media to be the most cost-effective recruitment method, 7 did not, and 1 study found social media equally cost-effective as compared with other methods. Conclusions: Only 12 studies out of 30 found social media to be the most effective recruitment method. There is evidence that social media can be the best recruitment method for hard-to-reach populations and observational studies. With only 30 studies having compared recruitment through social media with other methods, more studies need to be done that report the effectiveness of recruitment for each strategy, demographics of participants recruited, and cost-effectiveness of each method. ", issn="1438-8871", doi="10.2196/jmir.5698", url="//www.mybigtv.com/2016/11/e286/", url="https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5698", url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821383" }