HF02-01 SENTIMENT ANALYSIS AND PREDICTORS OF OPTIMISM IN THE AUA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES: 1902-2019

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You have accessJournal of UrologyHistory of Urology Forum II (HF02)1 Sep 2021HF02-01 SENTIMENT ANALYSIS AND PREDICTORS OF OPTIMISM IN THE AUA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES: 1902-2019 Akhil A. Saji, Rachel Passarelli, Ashley Dixon, and John L. Phillips Akhil A. SajiAkhil A. Saji More articles by this author , Rachel PassarelliRachel Passarelli More articles by this author , Ashley DixonAshley Dixon More articles by this author , and John L. PhillipsJohn L. Phillips More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000001993.01AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The AUA Presidential address has been a tradition at the national meeting since 1902 when the first address was given by Ramon Guiteras. We sought to collect and archive each address given between 1902-2019 to characterize AUA Presidents as a group and analyze speech sentiment over the past century. METHODS: We queried AUA archives, journals, recorded tape, and personal records to create a database of all existing AUA Presidential addresses. Each address was categorized by theme and author demographic data was collected. We applied natural language processing utilizing the Python Textblob library to evaluate each address for the overall sentiment, a measure of positivity or negativity and subjectivity, a measure of non-factual opinion usage. Sentiment was validated by manual analysis with reading and annotation to compute sentiment ratios, a measure of positive statements divided by negative statements per address. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify significant predictors of presidential address sentiment. RESULTS: Between 1902-2019 a total of 113 AUA meetings were held. A total of 85 of 113 (75.22%) presidential addresses were transcribed and archived representing seven general categories in 254,124 words by male presidents with a median (IQR) age of 61.43 (53.1-66.5) years. AUA Presidents during the second half of the history of the AUA (1960-2019) were significantly older at the time of inauguration and gave more positive speeches in the active voice than presidents during the first half (1902-1959) (p<.05). Age was associated with increasing speech positivity (OR 1.059 (1.007-1.113), p=0.025) but not subjectivity (OR 0.958 (0.913-1.005), p=0.082). Median (IQR) age of ‘Arts & Philosophy’ speakers (61.9 (58.4-67.8)) was significantly older than those of ‘Scope & Practice’ (52.3 (43.5-61.2), p-value, <.01) (Figure 1). Significant independent predictors of positive speech sentiment were age (95% CI 1.007-1.119) and sentiment ratio (95% CI 1.154-2.444) (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The first digital database was created containing all extant AUA Presidential speeches from 1902-2019. Computational and analog analysis mirrored the findings of analog human reading demonstrating that AUA Presidential addresses became more positive with increasing speaker age but without consistent predictors of a speech’s emotional or factual content. Source of Funding: None © 2021 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 206Issue Supplement 3September 2021Page: e237-e237 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2021 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Akhil A. Saji More articles by this author Rachel Passarelli More articles by this author Ashley Dixon More articles by this author John L. Phillips More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement Loading ...