EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION ON ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS (FROZEN SHOULDER) ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM INSTAGRAM.

IF 0.6 4区医学 Q4 ORTHOPEDICS

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira Pub Date : 2026-05-11 eCollection Date: 2026-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1413-785220263402e297030

Douglas Hideo Higuchi, Fabio Teruo Matsunaga, Guilherme Satake, Augusto Yassuo Mathuy, Marcel Jun Sugawara Tamaoki

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the quality and reliability of information on adhesive capsulitis provided to the public on Instagram.

Method: The 100 most relevant posts on #adhesivecapsulitis and the 100 posts on #frozenbrown hashtags were analyzed on a single day. The evaluation was carried out by three professionals at different levels - a general practitioner, an orthopedist, and a shoulder and elbow surgeon - using the Global Quality Score (GQS), the modified DISCERN, and the Frozen Shoulder Specific Score (FSSS). In addition, interobserver agreement was checked.

Results: The majority (65.5%) of the 200 posts analyzed presented incomplete information, scoring 1 or 2, representing low scientific foundation and limited clinical applicability. The average scores on the three scores indicated unsatisfactory quality of the content. However, agreement between the evaluators was high, demonstrating the reliability of the methods used.

Conclusion: Although Instagram is widely used as a source of health information, it has poor-quality content on adhesive capsulitis. These findings reinforce the importance of medical guidance and the production of more accurate, evidence-based information materials. Level of evidence IV; observational, descriptive, cross-sectional.

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评价社交媒体平台instagram上关于粘连性囊炎（肩周炎）信息的质量和可靠性。

目的：评价Instagram上向公众提供的粘连性囊炎信息的质量和可靠性。方法：在一天内分析100个最相关的#胶粘性囊炎和100个#冷冻棕色标签的帖子。评估由三名不同级别的专业人员进行——一名全科医生、一名骨科医生和一名肩关节外科医生——使用全球质量评分（GQS）、改良的DISCERN和冷冻肩特定评分（FSSS）。此外，还检查了观察员间的一致意见。结果：分析的200篇帖子中，绝大多数（65.5%）信息不完整，得分为1分或2分，科学基础较低，临床适用性有限。三个分数的平均分表明内容的质量不令人满意。然而，评价者之间的一致性很高，证明了所使用方法的可靠性。结论：虽然Instagram作为健康信息的来源被广泛使用，但其关于粘连性胶囊炎的内容质量较差。这些发现强化了医学指导和制作更准确、基于证据的信息材料的重要性。证据等级IV；观察性、描述性、横断面性。

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Acta Ortopedica Brasileira Orthopedics-

CiteScore

0.90

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14.30%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： A Revista Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, órgão oficial do Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (DOT/FMUSP), é publicada bimestralmente em seis edições ao ano (jan/fev, mar/abr, maio/jun, jul/ago, set/out e nov/dez) com versão em inglês disponível nos principais indexadores nacionais e internacionais e instituições de ensino do Brasil. Sendo hoje reconhecidamente uma importante contribuição para os especialistas da área com sua seriedade e árduo trabalho para as indexações já conquistadas.