Variations in Facebook Posting Patterns Across Validated Patient Health Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study

Robert J Smith   ¹ , MD ;   Patrick Crutchley   ^{1, 2} , BSE ;   H Andrew Schwartz   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Lyle Ungar   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Frances Shofer   ⁵ , PhD ;   Kevin A Padrez   ¹ , MD ;   Raina M Merchant   ^{1, 5} , MD, MSHP

¹ Penn Medicine Social Media and Health Innovation Lab, Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

² Positive Psychology Center, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

³ Department of Computer and Information Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States

⁴ Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States