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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1787) Digital Health Reviews (1516) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (713) Information Quality in Digital Media (374) Information Seeking, Information Needs (525)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/71140, first published .
Quality and Misinformation About Health Conditions in Online Peer Support Groups: Scoping Review

Quality and Misinformation About Health Conditions in Online Peer Support Groups: Scoping Review

Quality and Misinformation About Health Conditions in Online Peer Support Groups: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Bethan M Treadgold1 Author Orcid Image ;   Neil S Coulson2 Author Orcid Image ;   John L Campbell1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeffrey Lambert3 Author Orcid Image ;   Emma Pitchforth1 Author Orcid Image
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Bethan M Treadgold   1 , PhD ;   Neil S Coulson   2 , PhD ;   John L Campbell   1 , MD ;   Jeffrey Lambert   3 , PhD ;   Emma Pitchforth   1 , PhD

1 Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care, Health and Community Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

2 School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Bethan M Treadgold, PhD
  • Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care
  • Health and Community Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
  • University of Exeter
  • St Luke’s Campus, Magdalen Road
  • Exeter, EX1 2LU
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 01392 661 000
  • Email: B.M.Treadgold@exeter.ac.uk