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Objective: The impact of social media on public health has been examined in various studies. However, none have explored user engagement based on the type of Facebook posts related to renal disease. Therefore, the present study sought to determine which type of nephrology-related posts have greater user engagement. Setting(s): Facebook pages. Method(s): The posts on a specific Facebook page curated by a team of nephrologists in Malaysia were examined in this cross-sectional study. The type of post, likes, comments, shares of a post and reach of a post were used for data analysis. Analysis of variance was used to quantify the relative contribution of each independent variable to the odds of the post being highly liked or shared. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare links, photos, shared videos, status and videos for parameters such as reach, the number of times a specific piece of content has been displayed on a screen (impressions), and user engagement. Result(s): Shared videos and photos received the highest median reach of 5,862 and 5,880, respectively. People who 'liked' the page in 2019, 2020 and 2021 numbered 193, 4,196 and 2,835, respectively. Among the types of content on the Facebook page, photos and shared videos received the highest median lifetime reach of the post compared to links, status and videos in terms of 'people who liked the page'. Conclusion(s): The study findings suggest that posting a video or photo maximises the chance of engagement and meaningfully impacts public health outcomes.Copyright © The Author(s) 2023.
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Introduction: Although there are several reports of COVID-19 in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD), all of them were retrospective and mono-national-state designs, and none reported vaccination profiles. Method(s): The incidence of COVID-19 infection among PD patients and vaccination profiles of COVID-19 from 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2021 were retrieved from the survey of PD leaders in the ASEAN countries. Countries were excluded if their infection rates (IR) in PD populations were smaller than the lower limit value of 95% confidence interval (CI) of the overall pooled prevalence of 1.25 reported in kidney failure patients with COVID-19 infection globally, considering the possibility of under-reporting and if the number of PD population is less than 50 cases. Thus, Burma (45 cases, unknown IR), Cambodia (1 case, IR 0%), Indonesia (2,692 cases, unknown IR), Laos PDR (3 cases, IR 33%), and Vietnam (PD 1,500 cases, IR <1%) were excluded. Result(s): Figure 1 demonstrates the incidence of COVID-19 infection in PD populations in selected ASEAN members. The cumulative incidence of COVID-19 has gradually increased in all reported countries. The cumulative incidence rate of Singapore reached a plateau in the second quarter of 2020 but has since seen a surge in the third quarter of 2021 with an average incidence of 0.5-1.5 cases per 100 population. Overall IR ranged from 0.1% in Singapore to 23.8% in the Philippines with an average ASEAN IR of 2.6%. The majority of ASEAN had less than half of their populations fully vaccinated, ranging from only 13% in Vietnam to 46% in Brunei. Despite Laos being a low-income country, it was the first ASEAN to vaccinate its population. Singapore had the highest vaccination rates, with 83% and 81% of its population partially and completely vaccinated, respectively. Brunei, albeit being a high-income country, is the last country to roll out vaccination with a tardy vaccination rate, possibly due to the under-preparedness of the government and a false sense of security as Brunei had 15 months of zero cases before the latest wave. The incidence of ASEAN PD patients with COVID-19 infection surged during the second and third quartiles of 2021 despite the vaccine roll-out (Table 1). [Formula presented] Abbreviations: Ad26, Ad26.COV2.S;BBIBP, BBIBP-CorV;BNT, BNT162b2;Covishield, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Covishield);Gam, Gam-COVID-Vac;mRNA, mRNA-1273;Vaxzeria, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Vaxzeria) Remarks: Yellow, Conventional inactivated vaccines (BBIBP-CorV [Sinopharm], CoronaVac [Sinovac]);Green, RNA vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer-BioNTech], mRNA-1273 [Moderna]);Pink, Viral vector vaccines (Gam-COVID-Vac [Sputnik], ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 [Covishield], ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 [Vaxzeria] and Ad26.COV2.S [Johnson & Johnson]) [Formula presented] Figure 1. Cumulative incidence of COVID-19 infected PD patients in selected ASEAN Conclusion(s): Overall IR of the ASEAN PD population varied widely among countries. However, the rollout rate of vaccination lagged behind that of western countries. This should increase efforts to educate their population on the benefits of timely vaccination. There remain a lot of uncertainties regarding COVID-19, and hence there is an urgent need for large prospective studies with international collaboration, to address these questions. No conflict of interestCopyright © 2023