Methods for Analyzing the Contents of Social Media for Health Care: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the rapid development of social media, effective extraction and analysis of the contents of social media for health care have attracted widespread attention from health care providers. As far as we know, most of the reviews focus on the application of social media, and there is a lack of reviews that integrate the methods for analyzing social media information for health care.

Objective

This scoping review aims to answer the following 4 questions: (1) What types of research have been used to investigate social media for health care, (2) what methods have been used to analyze the existing health information on social media, (3) what indicators should be applied to collect and evaluate the characteristics of methods for analyzing the contents of social media f

SUBMITTER: Fu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337469 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature