TikTok as a Platform for Patient Education and Health Information in Rare Genetic Diseases: Cross-Sectional Study
TikTok serves as a key platform for rare disease awareness and community engagement, although the quality and accuracy of health information vary widely. Although medical professionals produced higher-quality content, it tended to receive less visibility. Increasing the presence of health care professionals and improving visibility of evidence-based content could enhance patient education and safer health information sharing.
Authors
- Hosam Gharib Abdelhady (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6653-3705)
- Ra’ed Hijazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2365-036X)
- Jackson Montgomery Wahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8887-1366)
Institutions
- Sam Houston State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/79978
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00