Systematic Review of Social Networking Support Groups for Genetic-Disorders Pain Management

Abstract

The pervasive opioid crisis in the United States highlights the challenges that many individuals have with pain management. One population that struggles with pain management are communities that experience genetic disorders. In this paper we present a literature review that examines the findings of the extant literature regarding pain management for genetic disorders on social media. We find that while research regarding social media in healthcare management has been increasing, there are still relatively few papers that address social media and pain management, We present a research agenda for the study of pain management techniques enabled by social media.