1. Patient and Caregiver Perception of Adenoidectomies: A Non‐Real‐World Social Media Analysis
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Nikhil B. Godbole, Ethan D. Paliwoda, Avi A. Gajjar, Nithin Gupta, Alexander Nguyen, Andrew Nguyen, and Richard Alexander
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adenoid ,adenoidectomy ,caregiver ,Instagram ,patient perception ,social media ,Otorhinolaryngology ,RF1-547 ,Surgery ,RD1-811 - Abstract
Abstract Objective To survey the social media outlets Twitter and Instagram for public posts related to adenoidectomy surgery. This study aims to investigate the attitudes and perceptions of patients and caregivers on social media, through thematic content‐analysis of social media posts regarding adenoidectomy. Study Design Non‐real world qualitative study. Setting Twitter and Instagram social media platforms. Methods Public posts uploaded between February, 2021 and February, 2023 using the hashtags “#adenoidectomy,” and “#adenoidectomyrecovery” were searched. Posts were excluded if they were unrelated to adenoidectomy or were in a non‐English language. Relevant posts were stratified demographically as patient or caregiver and pre‐ or postoperative, and categorized into relevant themes for analysis. Outcomes were measured as the total number of posts. Results A total of 394 relevant posts were analyzed. A significance threshold of P
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- 2024
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