An analysis of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome Reddit posts and themes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reddit hosts a large active community of members dedicated to the discussion of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. We sought to describe common themes discussed and the most frequently mentioned triggers and therapies for cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome exacerbations in the Reddit online community.

Methods

Data collected from six subreddits were filtered using natural language processing to curate posts referencing cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Based on a manual review of posts, common themes were identified. A machine learning model was trained using the manually categorized data to automatically classify the themes for the rest of the posts so that their distributions could be quantified.

Results

From August 2018 to November 2022, 2683 unique posts

SUBMITTER: Wightman RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368483 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature