Social Media for the Dissemination of Educational Videos About Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Welmoed K. van Deen*, Mike Simpson, Taylor P. Dupuy, Carine Khalil, Nirupama N. Bonthala, Brennan M.R. Spiegel

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To broadly disseminate 5 user-centered educational videos for patients with inflammatory bowel disease and their family and friends on social media. METHODS: Relevant social media users were iteratively identified based on their online behavior. For each video, 2 different accompanying texts were tested. RESULTS: We reached 4.2 million social media users of whom 320,302 watched at least 50% of the video. A short description resulted in higher view rates than posing an open-ended question. DISCUSSION: We showed the feasibility of large-scale dissemination of health-related educational videos through social media. Our findings can inform future online dissemination approaches of educational content.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1320-1323
Number of pages4
JournalThe American journal of gastroenterology
Volume117
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022

Bibliographical note

Financial support: This work was supported through a Continuing
Medical Education Grant from Takeda Development Center
Americas, Deerfield, IL. W.K.v.D. and B.M.R.S. are supported by a
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing
Translational Science UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) grant (UL1TR001881). The funding sources had no
involvement in the conduct of the study

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 by The American College of Gastroenterology.

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