Acceptance of Social Media Recruitment for Clinical Studies Among Patients With Hepatitis B: Mixed Methods Study

Theresa Willem   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MA ;   Bettina M Zimmermann   ^{1, 2, 4 *} , PhD ;   Nina Matthes   ² ;   Michael Rost   ⁵ , PhD ;   Alena Buyx   ² , Prof Dr Med

¹ Institute of Molecular Immunology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

² Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

³ Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

⁴ Institute of Philosophy, Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

⁵ Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally