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User‐driven conversations about dialysis through Facebook: A qualitative thematic analysis
Author(s) -
Ahmed Salim,
HainesSaah Rebecca J,
Afzal Arfan R,
TamTham Helen,
Al Mamun Mohammad,
Hemmelgarn Brenda R,
Turin Tanvir C
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1797
pISSN - 1320-5358
DOI - 10.1111/nep.12780
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , social media , peer support , dialysis , medicine , information sharing , qualitative research , qualitative analysis , social network (sociolinguistics) , social support , internet privacy , world wide web , psychology , medical education , nursing , computer science , social psychology , sociology , social science
As one of the most popular social networking sites in the world, Facebook has strong potential to enable peer support and the user-driven sharing of health information. We carried out a qualitative thematic analysis of the wall posts of a public Facebook group focused on dialysis to identify some of the major themes discussed.