ArticleCrohn's & colitis 3602021
Topics Analysis of Reddit and Twitter Posts Discussing Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Distress From 2017 to 2019.
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Abstract
Background: Social media platforms are popular tools for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to seek support. In the current study, we sought to examine and characterize IBD and distress discourse on public social media platforms. Our goal was to identify topics associated with these online discussions. Methods: We collected public social media posts about IBD and distress from Reddit ( Results: Most Reddit (79%) and Twitter (56%) posts mentioned at least 1 IBD topic. The order of topic prevalence was the same for the 2 platforms. Symptoms was the most mentioned topic (Reddit: 57%, Twitter 36%), followed by medication (Reddit: 30%, Twitter 11%), and nutrition (Reddit: 27%, Twitter 9%). Intimacy was the least mentioned topic (Reddit: 2%, Twitter: <1%). Topic co-occurrences varied by platform. Most Reddit posts (57%) mentioned at least 2 IBD topics, whereas only 27% of tweets mentioned multiple IBD topics. Conclusions: This study contributes to a growing literature examining how IBD is discussed on social media-specifically, in distress-related contexts on Reddit and Twitter. These cross-platform findings highlight important areas potentially associated with IBD-related distress, which could help facilitate future support.
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