背景:慢性疼痛是一种非常普遍的医学疾病,对生活质量产生负面影响,并与相当大的功能障碍有关。某些疾病,比如纤维肌痛,头痛,截瘫,神经病,和多发性硬化症,表现为慢性疼痛。
目的:这项研究的目的是检查与慢性疼痛相关的推文(原始或转发)的数量和类型,以及分析情绪并比较所研究疾病的社会影响。
方法:我们调查了Twitter用户在2018年1月1日至2022年12月31日之间以英语和西班牙语发布的推文。以及产生的转发。此外,从这些推文中提取情绪,并对其扩散进行分析。此外,收集了用户最常讨论的主题。
结果:共分析了72,874条推文,包括英语44,467和西班牙语28,407。截瘫占23.3%,其中16,461条分类推文,其次是头痛和纤维肌痛,有15,337(21.7%)和15,179(21.5%)的推文,分别。多发性硬化症产生了14,781条推文(21%),最少的推文与神经病变有关,有8,830条推文(12.5%)。结果表明,提取的主要情绪是“恐惧”和“悲伤”。\"此外,通过生成的转发调查了这些推文的范围和影响,与头痛有关的那些显示出用户之间最高的兴趣和互动。
结论:我们的研究结果强调了利用社交媒体更好地了解慢性疼痛患者及其对社会的影响的潜力。最常遇到的话题是与治疗有关的话题,症状,或疾病的原因。因此,告知患者以防止对其疾病的误解是相关的。
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a highly prevalent medical condition that negatively impacts quality of life and is associated with considerable functional disability. Certain diseases, such as fibromyalgia, headache, paraplegia, neuropathy, and multiple sclerosis, manifest with chronic pain.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to examine the number and type of tweets (original or retweet) related to chronic pain, as well as to analyze the emotions and compare the societal impact of the diseases under study.
METHODS: We investigated tweets posted between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2022, by Twitter users in English and Spanish, as well as the generated retweets. Additionally, emotions were extracted from these tweets and their diffusion was analyzed. Furthermore, the topics most frequently discussed by users were collected.
RESULTS: A total of 72,874 tweets were analyzed, including 44,467 in English and 28,407 in Spanish. Paraplegia represented 23.3% with 16,461 of the classified tweets, followed by headache and fibromyalgia with 15,337 (21.7%) and 15,179 (21.5%) tweets, respectively. Multiple sclerosis generated 14,781 tweets (21%), and the fewest tweets were related to neuropathy with 8,830 tweets (12.5%). The results showed that the primary emotions extracted were \"fear\" and \"sadness.\" Additionally, the reach and impact of these tweets were investigated through the generated retweets, with those related to headaches showing the highest interest and interaction among users.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results underscore the potential of leveraging social media for a better understanding of patients suffering from chronic pain and its impact on society. Among the most frequently encountered topics are those related to treatment, symptoms, or causes of the disease. Therefore, it is relevant to inform the patient to prevent misconceptions regarding their illness.