Use of Social Media as a Platform for Education and Support for People With Diabetes During a Global Pandemic
Authors' conclusion
Despite the limitations of social media, it can be harnessed to provide relevant reliable information and education about diabetes allowing people the time and space to learn at their own pace.
Study context
- Population
- People with diabetes; education via Twitter (diabetes101), Zoom virtual conference and YouTube during a global pandemic
- Outcome
- Audience engagement (social media metrics)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Tweetorial sessions
- 22
- Quizzes
- 5
- Polls (tweetorial and quiz sessions)
- 151
- Poll votes
- 21,269
- Tweetorial impressions
- 1,821,088
- Tweetorial engagement rate
- 6.3%
- Retweets
- 2,341
- Replies
- 2,467
- Likes
- 10,060
- Quiz-day polls
- 113
- Quiz-day votes
- 16,069
- Conference topics
- 8
- Live conference attendees
- over 100
- YouTube views
- 2,916
- YouTube watch time
- 281 h
- YouTube impressions
- 8,847
Original publication
Use of Social Media as a Platform for Education and Support for People With Diabetes During a Global Pandemic. J Diabetes Sci Technol. Published 31 October 2021. doi:10.
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