背景:Reddit(RedditInc)的庞大用户群,不同的社区,和匿名性使其成为物质使用研究的有用平台。尽管Reddit上关于物质使用的文献越来越多,必须仔细考虑挑战和限制。然而,尚未对使用Reddit作为物质使用研究的数据源进行系统的范围审查。
目的:本综述旨在通过检查以前的研究目标来调查Reddit在研究物质使用中的用途。原因,局限性,以及使用Reddit的方法。此外,我们讨论了以往研究的意义和贡献,并指出了文献中需要进一步关注的空白.
方法:2022年4月,共使用包括Reddit和物质相关关键词的关键词组合搜索了7个数据库。最初的搜索结果是456篇文章,删除重复项后剩余227篇文章。所有纳入的研究均进行了同行评审,实证,全文可用,与Reddit和物质使用相关,它们都是用英语写的。筛选后,60篇文章符合审查资格标准,从初始数据库搜索中识别出57篇文章,从祖先搜索中识别出3篇文章。开发了一个码本,并进行定性内容分析,以提取与研究问题相关的相关证据。
结果:自2015年以来,Reddit用于研究物质使用的使用稳步增长,到2021年急剧增长。主要目标是确定各种类型的药物使用讨论的趋势和模式(52/60,87%)。Reddit还被用来探索独特的用户体验,提出方法论,调查用户交互,并制定干预措施。确定了使用Reddit研究物质使用的9个原因。例如平台的匿名性,它的广泛受欢迎,以及subreddits的明确主题。然而,注意到7个限制,包括该平台对使用物质的普通人群的代表性低,以及缺乏人口统计信息。大多数研究使用应用程序编程接口进行数据收集和定量方法进行分析,很少使用定性方法。机器学习算法通常用于自然语言处理任务。理论,方法论,并对所收录文章的实际意义和贡献进行了总结和讨论。最普遍的实际意义是调查Reddit讨论中的主要话题,为临床实践和政策提供建议,并比较Reddit关于各种来源的物质使用的讨论。
结论:本系统范围审查概述了Reddit用作物质使用研究的数据源。尽管必须考虑Reddit数据的局限性,分析它们对于理解与物质使用相关的模式和用户体验很有用。我们的评论还突出了文献中的差距,并为未来的研究提供了途径。
Reddit\'s (Reddit Inc) large user base, diverse communities, and anonymity make it a useful platform for substance use research. Despite a growing body of literature on substance use on Reddit, challenges and limitations must be carefully considered. However, no systematic scoping
review has been conducted on the use of
Reddit as a data source for substance use research.
This
review aims to investigate the use of
Reddit for studying substance use by examining previous studies\' objectives, reasons, limitations, and methods for using Reddit. In addition, we discuss the implications and contributions of previous studies and identify gaps in the literature that require further attention.
A total of 7 databases were searched using keyword combinations including Reddit and substance-related keywords in April 2022. The initial search resulted in 456 articles, and 227 articles remained after removing duplicates. All included studies were peer reviewed, empirical, available in full text, and pertinent to Reddit and substance use, and they were all written in English. After screening, 60 articles met the eligibility criteria for the
review, with 57 articles identified from the initial database search and 3 from the ancestry search. A codebook was developed, and qualitative content analysis was performed to extract relevant evidence related to the research questions.
The use of Reddit for studying substance use has grown steadily since 2015, with a sharp increase in 2021. The primary objective was to identify tendencies and patterns in various types of substance use discussions (52/60, 87%). Reddit was also used to explore unique user experiences, propose methodologies, investigate user interactions, and develop interventions. A total of 9 reasons for using Reddit to study substance use were identified, such as the platform\'s anonymity, its widespread popularity, and the explicit topics of subreddits. However, 7 limitations were noted, including the platform\'s low representativeness of the general population with substance use and the lack of demographic information. Most studies use application programming interfaces for data collection and quantitative approaches for analysis, with few using qualitative approaches. Machine learning algorithms are commonly used for natural language processing tasks. The theoretical, methodological, and practical implications and contributions of the included articles are summarized and discussed. The most prevalent practical implications are investigating prevailing topics in Reddit discussions, providing recommendations for clinical practices and policies, and comparing Reddit discussions on substance use across various sources.
This systematic scoping
review provides an overview of
Reddit\'s use as a data source for substance use research. Although the limitations of Reddit data must be considered, analyzing them can be useful for understanding patterns and user experiences related to substance use. Our
review also highlights gaps in the literature and suggests avenues for future research.