Dermatologic Data From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 and the PatientsLikeMe Online Support Community: Comparative Analysis
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study aims to characterize the worldwide prevalence and morbidity of major diseases, while PatientsLikeMe (PLM) is an online community providing patient-generated insights into lived experiences; for dermatologic conditions, quantitative comparisons of GBD and PLM data revealed expected demographic differences but also notable correlations, highlighting their potential as complementary data sources elucidating unmet patient needs and priorities.
Authors
- Emily Woolhiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2631-5551)
- Madeline Adelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-8220)
- Lina Alhanshali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5107-9543)
- Colby L. Presley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3646-7732)
- Jaclyn B. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1389-3453)
- Chandler W. Rundle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-8147)
- Jalal Maghfour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1121-2709)
- Mindy D Szeto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3642-3753)
- Robert P. Dellavalle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-088X)
- Jieying Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6277-3960)
- Michelle Sobotka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8622-3665)
- John Meisenheimer
Institutions
- Rocky Vista University (US)
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono (US)
- Henry Ford Health System (US)
- Kansas City University (US)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- Health Net (US)
- Lehigh Valley Health Network (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Dermatology
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/50449
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Social Media in Health Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.53