Patient Voices in Dialysis Care: Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling Study of Social Media Discourse.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage kidney disease undergoing dialysis face significant physical, psychological, and social challenges that impact their quality of life. Social media platforms such as X (formerly known as Twitter) have become important outlets for these patients to share experiences and exchange information.

Authors

  • Ravi Shankar
    Studio of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, The Himalayan Centre for High-throughput Computational Biology, (HiCHiCoB, A BIC supported by DBT, India)CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur (HP), India.
  • Qian Xu
    College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, P.R. China.
  • Anjali Bundele
    Medical Affairs - Research Innovation & Enterprise, Alexandra Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore.