PMID- 35532999
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 1929-0748 (Print)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Electronic)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 5
DP  - 2022 May 9
TI  - Developing Reporting Guidelines for Social Media Research (RESOME) by Using a 
      Modified Delphi Method: Protocol for Guideline Development.
PG  - e31739
LID - 10.2196/31739 [doi]
LID - e31739
AB  - BACKGROUND: Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, are 
      being increasingly used to deliver public health interventions. Despite the high 
      level of research interest, there is no consensus or guidance on how to report on 
      social media interventions. Reporting guidelines that incorporate elements from 
      behavior change theories and social media engagement frameworks could foster more 
      robust evaluations that capture outcomes that have an impact on behavior change 
      and engagement. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this project is to develop, publish, and 
      promote a list of items for our Reporting Guidelines for Social Media Research 
      (RESOME) checklist. METHODS: RESOME will be developed by using a modified Delphi 
      approach wherein 2 rounds of questionnaires will be sent to experts and 
      stakeholders. The questionnaires will ask them to rate their agreement with a 
      series of statements until a level of consensus is reached. This will be followed 
      by a web-based consensus meeting to finalize the reporting guidelines. After the 
      consensus meeting, the reporting guidelines will be published in the form of a 
      paper outlining the need for the new guidelines and how the guidelines were 
      developed, along with the finalized checklist for reporting. Prior to 
      publication, the guidelines will be piloted to check for understanding and 
      simplify the language used, if necessary. RESULTS: The first draft of RESOME has 
      been developed. Round 1 of the Delphi survey took place between July and December 
      2021. Round 2 is due to take place in February 2022, and the web-based consensus 
      meeting will be scheduled for the spring of 2022. CONCLUSIONS: Developing RESOME 
      has the potential to contribute to improved reporting, and such guidelines will 
      make it easier to assess the effectiveness of social media interventions. Future 
      work will be needed to evaluate our guidelines' usefulness and practicality. 
      INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/31739.
CI  - (c)Aradhna Kaushal, Caroline Bravo, Stephen Duffy, Douglas Lewins, Ralph Mohler, 
      Rosalind Raine, Ivo Vlaev, Jo Waller, Christian von Wagner. Originally published 
      in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 09.05.2022.
FAU - Kaushal, Aradhna
AU  - Kaushal A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3815-0624
AD  - Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 
      London, United Kingdom.
FAU - Bravo, Caroline
AU  - Bravo C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3941-705X
AD  - Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Duffy, Stephen
AU  - Duffy S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4901-7922
AD  - Policy Research Unit in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis, Wolfson 
      Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United 
      Kingdom.
FAU - Lewins, Douglas
AU  - Lewins D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2985-0880
AD  - Policy Research Unit in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis, Wolfson 
      Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United 
      Kingdom.
FAU - Mohler, Ralph
AU  - Mohler R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8637-7818
AD  - Institute for Health Services Research and Health Economics, Centre for Health 
      and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, 
      Dusseldorf, Germany.
FAU - Raine, Rosalind
AU  - Raine R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0904-749X
AD  - Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, United 
      Kingdom.
FAU - Vlaev, Ivo
AU  - Vlaev I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3218-0144
AD  - Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, 
      Coventry, United Kingdom.
FAU - Waller, Jo
AU  - Waller J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4025-9132
AD  - School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and 
      Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
FAU - von Wagner, Christian
AU  - von Wagner C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7971-0691
AD  - Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 
      London, United Kingdom.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220509
PL  - Canada
TA  - JMIR Res Protoc
JT  - JMIR research protocols
JID - 101599504
PMC - PMC9127642
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - health behavior
OT  - health promotion
OT  - public health
OT  - research design
OT  - social media
OT  - web-based social networking
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2022/05/10 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/10 06:01
PMCR- 2022/05/09
CRDT- 2022/05/09 11:55
PHST- 2021/07/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/05/09 11:55 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/09 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v11i5e31739 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/31739 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 May 9;11(5):e31739. doi: 10.2196/31739.