Public Discourse and Sentiment Toward Dementia on Chinese Social Media: Machine Learning Analysis of Weibo Posts.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
Published Date: Sep 2, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dementia is a global public health priority due to rapid growth of the aging population. As China has the world's largest population with dementia, this debilitating disease has created tremendous challenges for older adults, family caregivers, and health care systems on the mainland nationwide. However, public awareness and knowledge of the disease remain limited in Chinese society.

Authors

  • Dexia Kong
    Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Anfan Chen
    School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Jingwen Zhang
    Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
  • Xiaoling Xiang
    College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058,China.
  • W Q Vivian Lou
    Department of Social Work & Social Administration, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Timothy Kwok
    Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Bei Wu
    Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, United States.

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