Assessment of information quality in the largest Danish Facebook group on atopic diseases: a mixed bag of help and harm
Although the Facebook group serves as a hub for peer support, its utility as a reliable educational resource is compromised. Overall, 12% of the comments were classified as misleading, while more than half of the advice encouraging behavioral change was misleading.
Authors
- Simon Francis Thomsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-300X)
- Simon Høj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1576-3679)
- Howraman Meteran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-8064)
- Hanieh Meteran
- Torben Sigsgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2043-7571)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Bispebjerg Hospital (DK)
- Hvidovre Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Zealand University Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Allergy
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2024.1378383
- Primary Topic
- Social Media in Health Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00