Patients' perspectives on irritable bowel syndrome: a qualitative analysis based on social media in China.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore the perspectives, experience, and concerns of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in China.

Methods

We used data mining to investigate posts shared in Baidu Tieba concerned with IBS; we collected the data through the crawler code, and mined the cleaned data's themes based on Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) and the Grounded theory.

Results

We found 5746 network posts related to IBS. LDA analysis generated 20 topics, and grounded theory analysis established eight topics. Combining the two methods, we finally arranged the topics according to five concepts: difficulty in obtaining disease information; serious psychosocial problems; dissatisfied with the treatment; lack of social support; and low quality of life.

Conclusion

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SUBMITTER: Sun S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10123591 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature