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ea0031p269 | Pituitary | SFEBES2013

Inside acromegaly: a pilot study for recruiting focus groups using social media

Idowu Oluwasomidotun , Levy Andy

Background: The exponential growth of social media over the last decade has provided new, diverse and accessible ways in which people can share and receive information. Its rapid rise has attracted researchers and professionals of various disciplines, aiming to capitalise on this relatively new phenomenon. In this qualitative study we utilised social media to conduct research on psychosocial aspect of acromegaly. Facebook currently has 845 million users. Acromegaly, with a pre...