Abstract
IntroductionStudies involving Twitter and chronic pain can provide highly valuable patient-generated information. The aim of this paper was to examine pain-related tweets in Ireland over a 2-week period from 22...
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Introduction Studies involvingTwitter and chronic pain can provide highly valuable patientgenerated information
The highest proportion of tweets from female users was in the fibromyalgia (83%) and migraine (60%) categories, and from males in the sciatica (35%), chronic pain (34%) and back pain (32%) categories
A substantial discussion of pain-related topics took place on Twitter during our study period. This provided real-time, dynamic information from individuals on discussion topics in pain medicine. This can be used to gain a greater understanding of the pain experience
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Introduction Studies involvingTwitter and chronic pain can provide highly valuable patientgenerated information. Patients are increasingly utilising internet-based forms of healthcare.[1] These include internet-delivered interventions and health information accessed through online patient forums and social media websites, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Twitter is a social media platform where users post “microblogs” or “tweets” with a maximum of 280 characters. Some users use social media to comment on medical experiences or symptoms. Infodemiology involves the use of electronic information, such as social media platforms, for the real-time study of disease characteristics and patterns.[5] Infodemiology has been conducted on Twitter to retrieve data in a multitude of areas, such as smoking 6, prescription drug abuse 7, diet 8, dental pain 9, mood 10, and chronic pain.[11]
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