Expression of Concern: Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on TikTok: Cross-sectional study
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TopicsHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Social Media in Health Education
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Additionally, information about the article’s funding incorrectly appears in the Acknowledgements section, and the Funding statement incorrectly states that no funding was received. The correct Funding statement is: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72474001), the Major Foundation of Social Science and Humanity Anhui Province Department of Education (Grant No. SK2021ZD0030), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 2308085MH285), and School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University Graduate Student Seedling Cultivation Program (Grant No. Hlqm12024083).
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- 1Jiang G, Chen L, Geng L, Zhang Y, Chen Z, Zhu Y, et al. Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on Tik Tok: Cross-sectional study. P Lo S One. 2025;20(2):e 0316242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316242 39913422 PMC 11801523 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗
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