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The impact of social media use on depression in multiple sclerosis patients #MMPMID32566990
Farpour HR; Hoveidaei AH; Habibi L; Moosavi M; Farpour S
Acta Neurol Belg 2020[]; 120 (6): 1405-9 PMID32566990show ga
Social media is a powerful tool in providing information and support for minority groups such as patients with chronic diseases. We aimed to assess the link between using online social media and depression in a sample population of Iranian Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. In this cross-sectional study, a number of MS patients between 18?55 years were recruited. The Persian-language version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II-Persian) was used to screen MS patients for depression. We selected a cut-off point of 16 to identify depressed MS patients, who answered the self-administered questionnaire designed by the authors (the validity and reliability was confirmed before). Patients, whose interaction with social networks and communication tools was limited to?1 h/day for?5 times/month, were allocated as controls. A two-sided p?0.05 was considered statistically significant. We compared the depression score between patients who used internet and social media (16.38?±?8.35) with those who did not (25?±?13.98). We found out there was a significant difference (p?=?0.046). However, there were no significant differences between the type (r?=?0.098, p?=?0.513) and duration (r?=?? 0.102, p?=?0.564) of social media with depression score. Also, based on a cut-off of 3 number of social media there was no significant difference in the status of depression among patients (p?=?0.921). Based on the experience of patients, it is helpful to implement a source using online social media to facilitate patients? access to rehabilitation support and establish support groups with standard supervised information delivery.