Research Article
Nationwide Awareness Campaign and Call for Dental Screening for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in Germany
Figure 3
Number of first contacts via different communication channels for different calculations and time periods. This graph shows the number of all first contacts documented between September 2016 and 2019 (a) and the average number of first contacts per months of documentation (b). There was a relevant increase in phone contacts after publishing the article. Documentation periods (for explanation see also method section): phone: 09/2016–05/2018 and 07/2018–09/2019; email: 04/2018–05/2018 and 07/2018–09/2019; forum: 01/2017–05/2018 and 07/2018–04/2019; facebook: 01/2017–05/2018 and 07/2018–09/2019. In total 4 patients got into contact with the German self-help group via other communication channels (“other”: 2x via the facebook® homepage of the self-help group for patients with pulmonary hypertension, 1x indirect via friends who were contacting the German self-help group via facebook® and 1x directly via the general practitioner).
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