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Jacinto Mata-Gómez1, Ignacio Javier Gilete-Tejero1, María Rico-Cotelo1
1Servicio de Neurocirugía, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Cáceres, Cáceres, España.
Objective:
To analyze the current situation in Spain of the use of Social Media in Neurosurgery.
Materials And Methods:
We made an observational transversal study between February and March 2017, with a systematic search of the Facebook, Twitter and Youtube accounts from public and private neurosurgical units, scientific societies, peer-reviewed publications and patients groups in relation with Neurosurgical pathologies. We rank them according their popularity.
Results:
According of our search only 5 public neurosurgical services have social media accounts, being their popularity inferior to the private units accounts. In relation with the scientific societies and neurosurgical publications their presence in social media is marginal, even more in comparison to the accounts of other medical specialities. The popularity of associations of patients and supporting groups is high, especially among patients, finding there more information about their disease.
Conclusions:
The use in Spain of Social Media about Neurosurgery is low in comparison to other medical specialities. There is a huge field to improve the popularity of the accounts, making in them promotion of health and extend the diffusion of the scientific society and the peer-reviewed publication Neurocirugía.
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