• 1. Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, P. R. China;
  • 2. Shunyi Hospital of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 101300, P. R. China;
  • 3. China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd., Beijing 100176, P. R. China;
WANG Shuang, Email: wangshuangws@126.com; ZHANG Chenhao, Email: zhangch500@126.com
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Objective  To analyze the current state, evaluate the accuracy, and determine the influencing factors of hypertension-related subscriptions from official health WeChat accounts. Methods  The 36 official health WeChat accounts on the WeChat official accounts monthly list │ September 2022 China WeChat Top 500·New Rank certification were searched using the term "hypertension". We identified diabetes-related subscriptions published from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022. The accuracy of subscriptions was analyzed according to the consistency with clinical practice guidelines and was independently assessed by two specialists. SPSS 22.0 software was used for data analysis. Results  One hundred and one subscriptions from 36 official health WeChat accounts were included. Forty-seven (46.5%) subscriptions were evaluated as consistent, seven (6.9%) subscriptions were evaluated as inconsistent, and forty-seven (46.5%) subscriptions were evaluated as unconfirmed. The differences between the numbers of reads, "wow" and "like" per thousand reads, were statistically significant. Consistency rates were higher for tweets backed by evidence and experts, and for tweets posted by public figures with the accreditation type "government". Conclusion  Hypertension tweets have a good audience base, some of the content is inconsistent with current clinical guideline recommendations, and readers have little ability to screen them. There is a need to develop and improve the review mechanism for writing and publishing hypertension tweets on WeChat.

Citation: YU Yuxin, REN Ruhua, HUANG Donglin, LIU Yiying, LI Xiaodong, GAO Meili, WANG Shuang, ZHANG Chenhao. Accuracy and influencing factors of hypertension-related subscriptions from official health WeChat accounts. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2023, 23(6): 627-631. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202301005 Copy

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