Introduction
Social networking services for healthcare professionals
Review of social network analysis (SNA)
Methods
Design
Setting
SNS-based information sharing tools
Data collection
Constructing networks
Analysis
Results
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||
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Care levels 1–3 | Care levels 4–5 | Care levels 1–3 | Care levels 4–5 | Care levels 1–3 | Care levels 4–5 | |
Number of networks | 106 | 135 | 79 | 89 | 57 | 57 |
Female percentage | 76 71.7% | 86 63.7% | 56 70.9% | 57 64.0% | 40 70.2% | 37 65.0% |
Male Percentage | 30 28.3% | 49 36.3% | 23 29.1% | 32 36.0% | 17 29.8% | 20 35.0% |
Average age (SD) | 83.1 (10.6) | 82.8 (11.3) | 83.1 (10.6) | 81.7 (11.5) | 83.4 (10.8) | 82.4 (10.9) |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Total | 338 | 435 | 319 |
Physician | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Clinic nurse | 56 | 68 | 66 |
Home care nurse | 85 | 92 | 87 |
Pharmacist | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Physical therapist | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Occupational therapist | 11 | 15 | 10 |
Care manager | 68 | 88 | 48 |
Medical social worker | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Home care worker | 7 | 14 | 10 |
Care worker | 35 | 38 | 42 |
Others | 44 | 88 | 27 |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Nursing care level 1–3 | Nursing care level 1–3 | Nursing care level 1–3 | |
Average node | 18.8 (7.92) | 19.8 (9.51) | 16.5 (7.53) |
Density | 0.402 (0.165) | 0.381 (0.157) | 0.392 (0.155) |
Diameter | 4.255 (2.24) | 4.557 (4.13) | 5.000 (3.71) |
Path length | 1.403 (0.181) | 1.441 (0.183) | 1.418 (0.161) |
Assortativity | -0.250 (0.097) | -0.269 (0.085) | -0.274 (0.080) |
Clustering coefficient | 0.809 (0.115) | 0.761 (0.231) | 0.774 (0.161) |
Reciprocity | 0.406 (0.215) | 0.398 (0.231) | 0.383 (0.237) |
Degree Centrality | 0.588 (0.143) | 0.589 (0.128) | 0.552 (0.147) |
Closeness Centrality | 0.488 (0.191) | 0.509 (0.189) | 0.482 (0.157) |
Betweenness Centrality | 0.162 (0.166) | 0.209 (0.235) | 0.171 (0.147) |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Nursing care level 4–5 | Nursing care level 4–5 | Nursing care level 4–5 | |
Average node | 20.0 (7.91) | 21.0 (8.56) | 20.4 (9.03) |
Density | 0.441 (0.133) | 0.407 (0.127) | 0.381 (0.117) |
Diameter | 4.037 (1.83) | 4.247 (1.40) | 4.439 (1.69) |
Path length | 1.346 (0.164) | 1.403 (0.161) | 1.414 (0.161) |
Assortativity | -0.228 (0.104) | -0.235 (0.094) | -0.260 (0.085) |
Clustering coefficient | 0.825 (0.096) | 0.807 (0.146) | 0.778 (0.175) |
Reciprocity | 0.444 (0.180) | 0.443 (0.183) | 0.375 (0.169) |
Degree Centrality | 0.559 (0.105) | 0.582 (0.099) | 0.585 (0.133) |
Closeness Centrality | 0.423 (0.143) | 0.451 (0.146) | 0.472 (0.160) |
Betweenness Centrality | 0.109 (0.110) | 0.140 (0.149) | 0.145 (0.145) |