{"id":31454,"date":"2026-10-27T04:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/?p=31454"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:41:10","slug":"jama%e5%8f%91%e8%a1%a8%e8%ae%ba%e6%96%87%ef%bc%9a%e7%be%8e%e5%9b%bd%e6%88%90%e5%b9%b4%e4%ba%ba%e4%bd%bf%e7%94%a8%e7%a4%be%e4%ba%a4%e5%aa%92%e4%bd%93%e6%a3%80%e7%b4%a2%e5%81%a5%e5%ba%b7%e4%bf%a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/?p=31454","title":{"rendered":"[JAMA\u53d1\u8868\u8bba\u6587]\uff1a\u7f8e\u56fd\u6210\u5e74\u4eba\u4f7f\u7528\u793e\u4ea4\u5a92\u4f53\u68c0\u7d22\u5065\u5eb7\u4fe1\u606f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research Letter <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use of Social Media for Health Information Among US Adults<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Aline F. Pedroso, Lovedeep S. Dhingra, Mariam Khan, et al<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

JAMA 2026;336;(4):336-339. doi:10.1001\/jama.2026.8682<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Social media has changed how individuals search for health information.1<\/a>-3<\/a><\/sup> Unlike traditional sources, social media operates through algorithmically curated, engagement-driven environments increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence\u2013generated content often lacking editorial oversight.3<\/a><\/sup> Prior surveys and national polling suggest that many adults report seeking health-related information through social media and other digital sources.4<\/a>-7<\/a><\/sup> However, most of these studies predate the current social media landscape and primarily examined overall use, sociodemographic patterns, or perceptions of misinformation rather than the specific ways individuals engage with health information on these platforms.3<\/a>,5<\/a><\/sup> Comprehensive characterization of how US adults engage with health information on social media remains limited, particularly among individuals with chronic conditions who might rely on these platforms to supplement formal care. This study sought to examine patterns of health-related engagement with social media among US adults with and without chronic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Methods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistical analysis was conducted between February and March 2026. We analyzed patterns of engagement with health-related content on social media, using data from the 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), a nationally representative survey of US adults.8<\/a> <\/sup>,9<\/a><\/sup> Social media use was defined as reporting use of a social networking site (eg, Facebook or LinkedIn) in the preceding 12 months. Four types of health-related social media engagement were examined: sharing general or personal health content, participating in online communities, making health decisions based on information from social media, and perceptions of misinformation (eTable in Supplement 1<\/a>). Health-related social media engagement was compared between individuals with and without self-reported chronic conditions, including cardiometabolic, respiratory, and mental health conditions or cancer (eMethods in Supplement 1<\/a>). Factors associated with these outcomes were assessed using survey-weighted logistic regression across subgroups of age, sex, self-reported race and ethnicity, educational attainment, household income, and urbanicity of residence, with all analyses accounting for the HINTS complex survey design. Two-sided P<\/em> values of <.05 were considered statistically significant. This study used publicly available, deidentified data and was deemed exempt by the Westat institutional review board.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2024 HINTS included 7278 respondents, representing 262 million US adults; nonresponse for social media items was low (<2%). Social media use was reported by 87.8% (95% CI, 86.6%-89.0%) of adults, representing approximately 228 (95% CI, 218-238) million individuals. Among social media users, engagement with health-related content was common: 84.8% (95% CI, 83.3%-86.2%) reported sharing personal or general health information, and 70.2% (95% CI, 68.2%-72.1%) participated in online communities. Notably, more than 1 in 5 users (21.6% [95% CI, 19.6%-23.5%]) reported making health-related decisions based on social media content. However, 77.7% (95% CI, 75.8%-79.5%) of users reported believing health information encountered on social media was false or misleading. The Table<\/a> shows social media engagement by participant characteristics.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table. \u00a0Weighted Prevalence of Health-Related Social Media Engagement and Perceived Misinformation Among US Adults by Population Characteristics, Health Information National Trends Survey 2024a<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Characteristic<\/th>Social media use among total population (N\u2009=\u20097278)<\/th>Among social media users<\/th><\/tr>
Shared personal\/general information<\/th>Participated in online communities<\/th>Made health decisions<\/th>Distrusted health information<\/th><\/tr>
% (95% CI)<\/th>No. (millions) (95% CI)<\/th>% (95% CI)<\/th>No. (millions) (95% CI)<\/th>% (95% CI)<\/th>No. (millions) (95% CI)<\/th>% (95% CI)<\/th>No. (millions) (95% CI)<\/th>% (95% CI)<\/th>No. (millions) (95% CI)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Overall<\/td>87.8 (86.6-89.0)<\/td>228 (218-238)<\/td>84.8 (83.3-86.2)<\/td>193 (184-202)<\/td>70.2 (68.2-72.1)<\/td>160 (152-167)<\/td>21.6 (19.6-23.5)<\/td>47 (42-51)<\/td>77.7 (75.8-79.5)<\/td>177 (168-186)<\/td><\/tr>
With chronic condition<\/td>85.5 (83.9-87.1)<\/td>127 (119-134)<\/td>82.6 (80.5-84.8)<\/td>104 (98-111)<\/td>67.2 (64.7-69.8)<\/td>85 (79-91)<\/td>20.9 (18.5-23.4)<\/td>25 (22-28)<\/td>78.3 (76.1-80.5)<\/td>99 (93-105)<\/td><\/tr>
Condition group<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Cardiometabolic<\/td>81.8 (79.6-83.9)<\/td>85 (78-91)<\/td>82.9 (80.6-85.3)<\/td>70 (64-76)<\/td>70.2 (67.0-73.4)<\/td>59 (54-65)<\/td>19.3 (15.9-22.7)<\/td>15 (12-18)<\/td>76.7 (73.8-79.6)<\/td>65 (59-70)<\/td><\/tr>
Respiratory<\/td>87.2 (84.0-90.3)<\/td>26 (23-30)<\/td>79.6 (74.3-84.9)<\/td>21 (18-24)<\/td>66.8 (60.8-72.9)<\/td>18 (14-21)<\/td>19.2 (13.9-24.6)<\/td>5 (3-6)<\/td>74.8 (68.5-81.1)<\/td>20 (16-23)<\/td><\/tr>
Mental health<\/td>92.7 (91.0-94.4)<\/td>67 (61-73)<\/td>80.2 (77.1-83.3)<\/td>53 (48-59)<\/td>60.9 (57.0-64.8)<\/td>40 (36-45)<\/td>23.1 (19.5-26.6)<\/td>15 (13-17)<\/td>81.1 (78.3-83.9)<\/td>54 (49-59)<\/td><\/tr>
Cancer<\/td>74.2 (70.0-78.4)<\/td>18 (16-20)<\/td>79.2 (73.9-84.4)<\/td>14 (12-15)<\/td>69.2 (63.9-74.5)<\/td>12 (11-14)<\/td>20.6 (14.9-26.4)<\/td>3 (2-4)<\/td>69.3 (63.3-75.3)<\/td>12 (11-14)<\/td><\/tr>
Age, y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<65<\/td>93.7 (92.6-94.8)<\/td>176 (167-186)<\/td>84.3 (82.5-86.1)<\/td>148 (140-157)<\/td>68.4 (65.9-70.8)<\/td>121 (113-128)<\/td>21.9 (19.6-24.3)<\/td>38 (33-42)<\/td>79.1 (77.0-81.2)<\/td>140 (131-148)<\/td><\/tr>
\u226565<\/td>67.9 (64.7-71.1)<\/td>36 (33-39)<\/td>88.9 (85.6-92.3)<\/td>32 (29-35)<\/td>79.9 (76.1-83.7)<\/td>29 (26-31)<\/td>18.4 (14.6-22.3)<\/td>6 (4-7)<\/td>72.1 (68.0-76.3)<\/td>26 (24-28)<\/td><\/tr>
Sex<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Male<\/td>90.2 (88.6-91.8)<\/td>106 (100-112)<\/td>83.4 (81.1-85.8)<\/td>88 (83-93)<\/td>65.9 (62.9-68.9)<\/td>70 (65-74)<\/td>23.7 (21.0-26.4)<\/td>24 (21-27)<\/td>80.3 (78.0-82.5)<\/td>85 (79-91)<\/td><\/tr>
Female<\/td>85.9 (84.0-87.8)<\/td>106 (98-114)<\/td>87.0 (84.8-89.2)<\/td>92 (85-99)<\/td>75.1 (71.8-78.4)<\/td>80 (73-86)<\/td>19.0 (16.0-22.0)<\/td>19 (16-22)<\/td>75.8 (72.9-78.7)<\/td>80 (74-87)<\/td><\/tr>
Race and ethnicityb<\/sup><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Black<\/td>88.6 (86.0-91.2)<\/td>23 (20-26)<\/td>86.0 (82.2-89.8)<\/td>20 (17-22)<\/td>68.4 (62.7-74.0)<\/td>16 (14-18)<\/td>25.4 (19.4-31.3)<\/td>6 (4-7)<\/td>70.5 (64.7-76.2)<\/td>16 (14-19)<\/td><\/tr>
Hispanic<\/td>90.8 (88.8-92.8)<\/td>37 (34-41)<\/td>82.7 (79.0-86.4)<\/td>31 (27-35)<\/td>71.8 (67.2-76.4)<\/td>27 (23-30)<\/td>27.6 (22.4-32.9)<\/td>10 (8-12)<\/td>70.0 (64.9-75.1)<\/td>26 (23-29)<\/td><\/tr>
White<\/td>87.5 (85.8-89.1)<\/td>125 (118-133)<\/td>86.6 (84.6-88.6)<\/td>108 (101-115)<\/td>70.7 (67.9-73.5)<\/td>88 (82-95)<\/td>17.7 (15.3-20.2)<\/td>21 (18-24)<\/td>82.5 (80.0-85.0)<\/td>103 (96-110)<\/td><\/tr>
Otherc<\/sup><\/td>90.6 (85.7-95.5)<\/td>23 (19-28)<\/td>79.6 (73.7-85.6)<\/td>19 (15-22)<\/td>68.6 (61.2-76.1)<\/td>16 (13-19)<\/td>28.0 (20.9-35.1)<\/td>6 (4-8)<\/td>75.4 (69.5-81.3)<\/td>18 (14-21)<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<High school<\/td>72.1 (64.8-79.5)<\/td>11 (9-13)<\/td>77.9 (66.5-89.4)<\/td>8 (7-10)<\/td>65.1 (53.8-76.3)<\/td>7 (5-9)<\/td>34.3 (21.4-47.3)<\/td>3 (2-5)<\/td>56.1 (45.0-67.3)<\/td>6 (4-7)<\/td><\/tr>
High school<\/td>85.4 (82.7-88.2)<\/td>44 (39-50)<\/td>85.4 (81.5-89.2)<\/td>38 (32-43)<\/td>75.5 (71.5-79.6)<\/td>33 (29-38)<\/td>25.1 (19.8-30.5)<\/td>10 (8-13)<\/td>76.2 (70.5-82.0)<\/td>34 (28-39)<\/td><\/tr>
College\/graduate school<\/td>89.9 (88.6-91.2)<\/td>158 (151-165)<\/td>85.7 (83.8-87.6)<\/td>135 (128-142)<\/td>69.5 (67.1-71.9)<\/td>110 (104-115)<\/td>19.7 (17.6-21.8)<\/td>30 (26-33)<\/td>80.1 (77.9-82.2)<\/td>127 (120-133)<\/td><\/tr>
Household income<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<$50\u202f000<\/td>85.2 (83.1-87.2)<\/td>75 (68-82)<\/td>79.9 (76.7-83.2)<\/td>60 (53-66)<\/td>67.2 (63.2-71.1)<\/td>50 (44-57)<\/td>25.8 (21.9-29.8)<\/td>18 (15-22)<\/td>69.7 (66.0-73.4)<\/td>52 (47-58)<\/td><\/tr>
$50\u202f000-$100\u202f000<\/td>89.1 (86.9-91.4)<\/td>58 (53-62)<\/td>84.4 (81.5-87.2)<\/td>49 (45-53)<\/td>69.3 (65.4-73.1)<\/td>40 (36-44)<\/td>23.3 (19.7-26.8)<\/td>13 (10-15)<\/td>80.7 (77.7-83.7)<\/td>47 (42-51)<\/td><\/tr>
>$100\u202f000<\/td>92.1 (90.4-93.7)<\/td>72 (67-78)<\/td>90.0 (87.8-92.2)<\/td>65 (60-70)<\/td>73.1 (69.9-76.4)<\/td>53 (48-57)<\/td>15.9 (13.0-18.7)<\/td>11 (9-13)<\/td>84.7 (81.7-87.7)<\/td>61 (56-66)<\/td><\/tr>
Residence<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Urban<\/td>88.2 (86.9-89.4)<\/td>223 (214-233)<\/td>84.6 (83.1-86.2)<\/td>188 (180-197)<\/td>69.9 (67.9-71.9)<\/td>156 (149-163)<\/td>21.7 (19.7-23.7)<\/td>46 (41-51)<\/td>77.6 (75.7-79.5)<\/td>173 (164-182)<\/td><\/tr>
Rural<\/td>72.8 (63.5-82.2)<\/td>5 (3-6)<\/td>92.2 (87.6-96.9)<\/td>4 (3-5)<\/td>83.6 (75.6-91.7)<\/td>4 (3-5)<\/td>16.5 (6.6-26.5)<\/td>0.75 (0.26-1)<\/td>81.4 (71.0-91.7)<\/td>4 (3-5)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among 4590 adults with chronic conditions (69.1% of respondents), social media use was reported by 85.5% (95% CI, 83.9%-87.1%), but these adults were less likely than those without chronic conditions to share health information via social media (odds ratio [OR], 0.60 [95% CI, 0.46-0.79]) or participate in online communities (OR, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.55-0.83]). In survey-weighted regression analyses, overall social media use was lower among older adults (OR, 0.16 [95% CI, 0.12-0.21]), residents of rural areas (OR, 0.47 [95% CI, 0.25-0.89]), and those with lower educational attainment (Figure<\/a>). Older and Hispanic social media users were significantly more likely to make health decisions based on information from social media (aged \u226565 vs <65 years: OR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.05-1.74]; Hispanic vs White: OR, 1.70 [95% CI, 1.20-2.41]). Notably, higher educational attainment and higher household income were independently associated with distrust in social media health information, while Black and Hispanic individuals were less likely than White individuals to report distrust.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figure. \u00a0Dot-and-Whisker Plots of Associations Between Demographic Characteristics and Social Media Use and Health-Related Engagement Outcomes, Health Information National Trends Survey 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whiskers indicate 95% CIs. Odds ratios are from survey-weighted regression analyses and those with 95% CIs that do not cross 1.0 indicate statistical significance. Social media use was evaluated among all respondents; other outcomes were evaluated among social media users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this nationally representative survey, the majority of US adults using social media reported some engagement with health-related information on these platforms. Social media has become a major venue for health information, yet confidence in its accuracy remains limited. This disconnect may reflect features of platforms optimized for engagement over accuracy.7<\/a><\/sup> Importantly, more than 20% of people made health decisions based on social media, despite almost 80% reporting distrust, suggesting exposure may influence behavior, even when reliability is questioned.10<\/a><\/sup> Notably, making health decisions based on social media did not differ by chronic disease status, suggesting the use of information from these platforms extends beyond patients managing disease.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study has limitations. Findings are based on self-reported survey data and may be subject to recall and social desirability bias. Measures of engagement and perception do not capture the content, accuracy, or source of information encountered, and the rapidly evolving social media environment underscores the need for ongoing, repeated measurement to capture changes in patterns of use and engagement over time.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media is a key component of the health information environment for US adults with and without chronic conditions, highlighting the need for approaches to enhance the accuracy of health content and counter artificial intelligence\u2013amplified misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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