Analysis of the hikikomori phenomenon - an international infodemiology study of Twitter data in Portuguese.

Journal: BMC public health
PMID: 38373925

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hikikomori refers to the extreme isolation of individuals in their own homes, lasting at least six months. In recent years social isolation has become an important clinical, social, and public health problem, with increased awareness of hikikomori around the globe. Portuguese is one of the six most spoken languages in the world, but no studies have analysed the content regarding this phenomenon expressed in Portuguese.

Authors

  • Francisca Correia Lopes
    Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • Mariana Pinto da Costa
    Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. mariana.pintodacosta@kcl.ac.uk.
  • Cesar I Fernandez-Lazaro
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain.
  • Francisco J Lara-Abelenda
    Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Telematics and Computing Systems, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: francisco.lara@urjc.es.
  • Victor Pereira-Sanchez
    Child Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA.
  • Alan R Teo
    Health Services Research & Development Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA.
  • Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain.

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