Cohort Study Examining User Popularity, Communication Pattern, and Network Structure
Initiatives
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This study aimed to identify factors associated with reach in a dental Twitter network (1) initially and (2) sustainably at individual and network levels.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2016
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
El Tantawi M, Al-Ansari A, AlSubaie A, Fathy A, Aly NM, Mohamed AS. Reach of Messages in a Dental Twitter Network: Cohort Study Examining User Popularity, Communication Pattern, and Network Structure. J Med Internet Res. 2018;20(9):e10781. Published 2018 Sep 13. doi:10.2196/10781
PUBMED 30213781
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 359
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
instructors' and students' from a Saudi dental school
Participants were included if (1) they were affiliated with the college (dental users) in June 2016 and (2) had an open Twitter account. Lists of participants were obtained from academic affairs. They were contacted, introduced to the study and asked for their Twitter usernames. Consent was not sought from them since their accounts were open ( 58 instructors and 301 students ).
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Saudi Arabia
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 359
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
Participants were included if (1) they were affiliated with the college (dental users) in June 2016 and (2) had an open Twitter account. Lists of participants were obtained from academic affairs. They were contacted, introduced to the study and asked for their Twitter usernames.
- Start Date
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2016-06
- End Date
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2017-11
- Data sources
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Social media
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Social media