Variations in Facebook Posting Patterns Across Validated Patient Health Conditions

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JMIR-Variations in Facebook Posting Patterns Across Validated Patient Health Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study Journal of Medical Internet Research

 There were no significant differences in Facebook posting frequencies between patients with and without the following conditions: hypertension, diabetes, headaches, back pain, anemia, and cancer. After using an ANCOVA model to control for age, race, and sex, the depression screen and depression medical history were the only health outcomes that showed significant differences in mean posting quantities between patients with and without a disease (Table 3).

Results: A total of 695 patients consented to provide access to their EMR and social media data.....