Open AccessSocial Media Use for Health Purposes by Chronic Disease Patients in the United States
Author(s) -
Noara Alhusseini,
Jim E. Banta,
Jisoo Oh,
Susanne Montgomery
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
saudi journal of medicine and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1658-631X
pISSN - 2321-4856
DOI - 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_262_20
Subject(s) - underweight , medicine , social media , anxiety , depression (economics) , disease , logistic regression , gerontology , overweight , family medicine , psychiatry , demography , obesity , pathology , sociology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
Social media can be a cost-effective instant tool for exchanging health information among those with chronic diseases. However, few studies have analyzed the nexus between chronic disease and patients' use of the internet for health-related purposes.