APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Hospitals, Hobbies, and Hair Loss: How Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer Use Tiktok

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Social

  • Erin Kaseda
    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  • J Bitterman
    Lake Forest College
  • J Bitterman
    Rosalind Franklin University
  • Kate Namuhmuh
    Texas State University
  • Erin Gandelman
    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  • Jordan Swenson-Noyes
    Texas State University
  • Steven Miller
    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
  • Rosaleen Bloom
    Texas State University

Abstract

Social media may provide the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer community with opportunities to connect and share information, but TikTok remains underexplored as a platform in this population. The present study established that AYAs use TikTok, with primary themes of appearance, everyday life, medical, resilience, grief, and advocacy/education identified.

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