暴露和对癌症治疗错误信息和建议的反应:调查研究研究
Allison J Lazard1, Sydney Nicolla2, Rhyan N Vereen2
1Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
JMIR cancer
|July 28, 2023
概括
癌症治疗错误信息在社交媒体上很普遍,许多成年人,包括癌症患者,相信虚假的说法并打算分享它们. 然而,大多数人都愿意干预,标记或报告此类内容.
科学领域:
- 社交媒体分析 社交媒体分析
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
- 癌症研究 癌症研究
背景情况:
- 癌症治疗错误信息,包括关于替代疗法的虚假说法,在社交媒体上迅速传播.
- 这种错误信息可能会对癌症患者及其支持网络产生负面影响,导致痛苦和偏离基于证据的护理.
- 了解癌症治疗错误信息的传播和影响对于开发有效的对策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查美国成年人对癌症治疗错误信息的接触和反应.
- 评估参与者是否愿意参与针对错误信息的亲社会干预.
- 检查参与者是否有意分享社交媒体上包含癌症治疗错误信息的帖子.
主要方法:
- 2021年12月在美国成年人中进行了一项调查,以评估暴露和对癌症治疗错误信息的反应.
- 参与者报告了一般和特定于社交媒体的错误信息遭遇,包括来源,类型,可信度和平台.
- 参与者被随机分配到查看错误信息或信息帖子,并报告了他们愿意介入和分享意图的意愿.
主要成果:
- 近四分之一的参与者接受了关于替代癌症治疗的建议,主要来自家人和朋友.
- 超过一半的参与者在社交媒体上遇到了癌症治疗错误信息,癌症患者的比例更高.
- 大多数人发现错误信息有时是可信的,并且可能会分享它,但许多人也表示愿意标记或报告它.
结论:
- 社交媒体平台是美国成年人中癌症治疗错误信息传播的重要道.
- 很大一部分成年人,包括弱势群体,相信并打算分享错误信息,突出了关键的公共卫生问题.
- 如果将干预的意愿与改善健康主张批判性评估的策略相结合,就有机会打击错误信息.
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