Primary ArthroplastySocial Media and Total Joint Arthroplasty: An Analysis of Patient Utilization on Instagram
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Methods
A search of the public domains of Instagram (San Francisco, CA) was performed on July 2, 2016 to include posts occurring during the 6-month period, from January 1, 2016 to July 1, 2016. A third-party application (Picodash, San Francisco, CA) was used to analyze the mobile-based Instagram database on a web-based platform to view the images on a personal computer instead of a smartphone. Searches were repeated with another third-party web application of Instagram (Iconosquare, Limoges, France) in
Results
Table 1 depicts the summary of arthroplasty content on Instagram. Of all posts, 86.5% were made by the patients themselves compared with those made by family, friends, or medical professionals. Among all posts, 93% were shared with a positive tone and 91% were postoperative. On average, 33.8% of all posts focused on ADLs, 34% focused on rehabilitation, and 9% focused on the surgical site (ie, dressing, staples, sutures). A total of 4.2% and 6.4% of all posts featured postoperative x-rays and
Discussion
Given the shift toward patient-centric care models today, it is important to investigate and analyze how patients perceive their health as this can offer valuable insight and feedback to providers. Currently, this is achieved through standardized assessments, such as patient-reported outcomes [17], [18], and patient satisfaction surveys such as Press-Ganey [19]. However, these assessments are often categorical, and do not offer patient perspectives beyond what is specifically contained in them.
Conclusions
Arthroplasty patients, in general, shared their surgical experience with a predominantly positive tone more than a week after surgery in the context of ADLs and rehabilitation. Important differences were found between what TKA and THA patients found shareworthy.
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