Two-Way Social Media Messaging in Postoperative Cataract Surgical Patients: Prospective Interventional Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Social media offers a new way to provide education, reminders, and support for patients with a variety of health conditions. Most of these interventions use one-way, provider-patient communication. Incorporating social media tools to improve postoperative (postop) education and follow-up care has only been used in limited situations. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and efficacy of two-way social media messaging to deliver reminders and educational information about postop care to cataract patients. METHODS:A total of 98 patients undergoing their first eye cataract surgery were divided into two groups: a no message group receiving usual pre- and postop care and a message group receiving usual care plus messages in a mobile social media format with

SUBMITTER: Sanguansak T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750422 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature