Social Media Recruitment as a Potential Trigger for Vulnerability: Multistakeholder Interview Study
Using social media for clinical study recruitment can mitigate and aggravate potential study participants' vulnerabilities. Researchers should anticipate and address the outlined triggering effects within this study's design and proactively define strategies to overcome them. We suggest practical recommendations to achieve this.
Authors
- Bettina Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-4496)
- Alena Buyx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5726-7633)
- Theresa Willem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-8816)
- Nina Matthes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9004-1881)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- TUM Klinikum (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Human Factors
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/52448
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Social Media and Politics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.96