%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-6722
%I JMIR Publications
%V 7
%N 
%P e56919
%T Experiences and Views of Young People and Health Care Professionals of Using Social Media to Self-Manage Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies
%A Ma,Yanan
%A Law,Kate
%A Hassan,Lamiece
%A Nenadic,Goran
%A van der Veer,Sabine N
%+ Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, The University of Manchester, Centre for Health Informatics, Room 1.004, Manchester, M13 9GB, United Kingdom, 44 1613067767, sabine.vanderveer@manchester.ac.uk
%K adolescents
%K health care professionals
%K social media
%K thematic synthesis
%K type 1 diabetes
%K type 1 diabetes mellitus
%K T1DM
%K young people
%D 2024
%7 29.5.2024
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Pediatr Parent
%G English
%X Background: Social media have shown the potential to support type 1 diabetes self-management by providing informational, emotional, and peer-to-peer support. However, the perceptions of young people and health care professionals’ (HCPs) toward the use of social media for type 1 diabetes self-management have not been systematically reviewed. Objective: The aim of this study is to explore and summarize the experiences and views of young people with type 1 diabetes and their HCPs on using social media for self-management across qualitative findings. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL from 2012 to 2023 using Medical Subject Heading terms and text words related to type 1 diabetes and social media. We screened and selected the studies according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. We quality appraised and characterized the included studies and conducted a thematic synthesis. Results: We included 11 studies in our synthesis. A total of 9 of them were qualitative and 2 were mixed methods studies. Ten focused on young people with type 1 diabetes and 1 on HCPs. All used content analysis and were of moderate to high quality. Thirteen descriptive themes were yielded by our thematic synthesis, contributing to five analytic themes: (1) differences in how young people interact with social media, (2) characteristics of social media platforms that influence their use and uptake for type 1 diabetes self-management, (3) social media as a source of information, (4) impact on young people’s coping and emotional well-being, and (5) impact on support from and relationships with HCPs and services. Conclusions: The synthesis suggests that we should consider leveraging social media’s peer support capabilities to augment the traditional services for young people with type 1 diabetes. However, the patients may have privacy concerns about HCPs’ involvement in their online activities. This warrants an update of existing guidelines to help young people use social media safely for self-managing their diabetes. 
%M 38809591
%R 10.2196/56919
%U https://pediatrics.jmir.org/2024/1/e56919
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/56919
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38809591