ArticleTransplantation2019
How Should Social Media Be Used in Transplantation? A Survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.
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- Current insights on social media as a tool for the dissemination of research and education in surgery: a narrative review.Surgery today · 2024Review
- BOMS: blockchain-enabled organ matching system.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- KEeP ACTIVe Club Study: Kidney Transplant Recipients' Experiences of a Physical Activity and Social Interaction Virtual Group.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2024Article
- Ethical and legislative advances in xenotransplantation for clinical translation: focusing on cardiac, kidney and islet cell xenotransplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Messaging strategies for communicating health-related information in social media-a content and effectiveness analysis of organ donation posts on Instagram in Germany.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Utilizing Social Media to Identify Potential Living Donors: Learning from US Living Donor Programs.Current transplantation reports · 2022Review
- Self-Referral Patterns of Living Kidney DonorsKidney360 · 2020Article
- Is There Decreasing Public Interest in Renal Transplantation? A Google TrendsJournal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Understanding public opinion regarding organ donation in China: A social media content analysis.Science progressArticle
- Insights From Transplant Professionals on the Use of Social Media: Implications and Responsibilities.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ TransplantationArticle
- Social Media and Organ Donation: Pros and Cons.Indian journal of nephrologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundSocial media platforms are increasingly used in surgery and have shown promise as effective tools to promote deceased donation and expand living donor transplantation. There is a growing need to understand how social media-driven communication is perceived by providers in the field of transplantation.
methodsWe surveyed 299 members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons about their use of, attitudes toward, and perceptions of social media and analyzed relationships between responses and participant characteristics.
resultsRespondents used social media to communicate with: family and friends (76%), surgeons (59%), transplant professionals (57%), transplant recipients (21%), living donors (16%), and waitlisted candidates (15%). Most respondents (83%) reported using social media for at least 1 purpose. Although most (61%) supported sharing information with transplant recipients via social media, 42% believed it should not be used to facilitate living donor-recipient matching. Younger age (P = 0.02) and fewer years of experience in the field of transplantation (P = 0.03) were associated with stronger belief that social media can be influential in living organ donation. Respondents at transplant centers with higher reported use of social media had more favorable views about sharing information with transplant recipients (P < 0.01), increasing awareness about deceased organ donation (P < 0.01), and advertising for transplant centers (P < 0.01). Individual characteristics influence opinions about the role and clinical usefulness of social media.
conclusionsTransplant center involvement and support for social media may influence clinician perceptions and practices. Increasing use of social media among transplant professionals may provide an opportunity to deliver high-quality information to patients.
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