Computer-Mediated Communication in Adults With and Without Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Survey of Social Media Use.
Emily L Morrow, Fangyun Zhao, Lyn Turkstra and 3 others
PMID 34448727WHAT IT FOUND
Most adults with moderate-to-severe TBI used social media, often like peers without TBI, but they reported less use of professional platforms and event-related uses, and 12 of 53 said injury changed their use.
Key findings
0196% (51/53) of participants with TBI and 98% (50/51) of comparison participants reported currently holding an account on at least one computer-mediated communication platform.
02Participants with TBI reported lower use than comparison participants for Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Zoom, and Skype.
0312 of 53 participants with TBI said their social media use changed because of injury; 5 reported spending more time and 2 reported spending less.
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What it does not show
The survey was completed online, so all participants had email and internet access; it may not represent people with TBI who use the internet less. The analysis was descriptive and did not test whether the group differences were statistically significant. Not all participants answered all questions because responses were voluntary and some questions appeared only after earlier answers, so percentages use different denominators. Free-text reports of change and suggestions came from a subset of participants, so they may not represent all participants with TBI. Participants were adults with chronic moderate-to-severe TBI recruited from one registry in Tennessee, so results may not apply to acute injury, other injury types, or other regions.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that social media use is impaired or that an intervention is needed for everyone with TBI. Most participants used social media, the study was descriptive, and only 12 of 53 participants with TBI reported that injury changed their use.