Social media and psoriasis treatment: what are people saying on Twitter?

Abstract

Linked Editorial: Nelson et al. Br J Dermatol 2019; 180:1271–1273.

Evaluating patients' perspectives on social media: the importance of clearly reporting data search, cleaning and processing

“…Dear Editor , We read the recent report by Menzies and colleagues in the British Journal of Dermatology with great interest. The authors described commonly discussed and personal patient experiences of psoriasis treatment on the social network Twitter . While the authors cogently describe their findings, there were a few points of methodology that should be included in this type of social media research.…”

Take 10: ten qualitative studies on under‐researched groups and hard‐to‐reach issues in dermatology

“…Authors responded to our challenge with a wider range of submissions and almost double the number submitted last time, showing the growing interest in qualitative research in this field. Our second spotlight for summer 2019 showcases 10 studies, comprising a complementary mix of six original articles and four research letters . These papers involve interdisciplinary authorship teams from dermatology, psychology, general practice, nursing, public health and applied health services research in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, the U.K. and the U.S.A.…”

“…Six papers, demonstrate qualitative methods’ capacity to access psychological and social issues that are difficult to reach with traditional questionnaire/survey research, and the capability to investigate the portrayal and experience of the skin in the online world. Fox et al .…”

“…Our second spotlight for summer 2019 showcases 10 studies, comprising a complementary mix of six original articles 5-10 and four research letters. [11][12][13][14] These papers involve interdisciplinary authorship teams from dermatology, psychology, general practice, nursing, public health and applied health services research in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, the U.K. and the U.S.A.…”

“…Menzies et al 12 used Twitter to assess how people talk about psoriasis. Text-mining and content analysis of users' talk identified novel treatment beliefs that might affect coping behaviours.…”