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  • Superusers, the top 1% of users, are crucial for online health community (OHC) sustainability and user engagement.
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  • Recruiting superusers for research is challenging due to their unique online behaviors and limited understanding.

Discussion:

  • Superusers are driven by intrinsic rewards like helping others and social interaction, not external recognition.
  • They demonstrate sound judgment in differentiating between peer advice and the need for healthcare professional (HCP) input.
  • Superusers desire increased HCP involvement and guidance for patients towards moderated OHCs.

Key Insights:

  • Motivations include curiosity, spare time, and a desire to help others, with engagement deepening over time.
  • Challenges involve addressing misinformation and ensuring patients seek appropriate HCP care.
  • Few superusers' HCPs are aware of their OHC engagement, indicating a disconnect.

Outlook:

  • Future research should address superusers' unmet needs and explore integrating OHCs into conventional healthcare.
  • Investigating superuser-HCP interactions can optimize OHCs' role in patient self-management.
  • Understanding superuser motivations can inform strategies for enhancing OHCs' impact on health outcomes.