在Reddit上理解与健康相关的讨论:开发主题分配方法和探索性分析分析
Garrett J Chan1, Mark Fung2, Jill Warrington2
1Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
JMIR formative research
|January 29, 2025
概括
社交媒体的讨论揭示了关键的健康问题,性传播感染 (STIs) 和焦虑是最常见的. 这项研究开发了一种分析Reddit帖子的算法,突出了心理健康和生殖健康讨论中普遍存在的主题.
科学领域:
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
- 医疗信息学医学信息学
- 公共卫生监督是对公共卫生的监督.
背景情况:
- 社交媒体平台越来越多地用于分享与健康有关的意见和关切.
- 分析社交媒体数据可以了解患者的观点以及寻求在线健康咨询的原因.
- 了解在线健康讨论可以弥合患者关注和医疗保健系统参与之间的差距.
研究的目的:
- 开发和完善研究Reddit上讨论的健康状况的方法.
- 描述流行医学话题,并确定社交媒体健康讨论中的趋势.
- 创建一个自动化系统来对与健康相关的Reddit帖子进行分类.
主要方法:
- 收集了一年的Reddit帖子,其中包含"接受测试"或"接受检查".
- 手动审查和分类帖子,不包括无关的子网页.
- 开发和完善一个基于关键字的脚本,用于自动化主题分配.
- 将82个已识别的主题分组为17个更广泛的医学学科进行分析.
主要成果:
- 一个自动化算法成功地将医疗主题分配到347,130个Reddit帖子中.
- 性传播感染 (STIs),眼睛疾病,焦虑和怀孕是最常见的主题.
- 精神病学和心理健康 (26.6%) 和生殖健康 (13.6%) 是最常见的医学学科.
- 成,焦虑,多动症,虐待和性传播疾病在一般的子公司中占据了重要地位.
结论:
- 特定的健康话题,如性传播感染,焦虑和怀孕在Reddit上非常普遍.
- 精神病学/心理健康和生殖/泌尿健康主导着平台上的讨论.
- 开发的算法为分析社交媒体健康趋势提供了一个可扩展的方法.
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