Nature and Diffusion of COVID-19-related Oral Health Information on Chinese Social Media: Analysis of Tweets on Weibo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media has become increasingly important as a source of information for the public and is widely used for health-related information. The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has exerted a negative impact on dental practices.

Objective

The aim of this study is to analyze the nature and diffusion of COVID-19-related oral health information on the Chinese social media site Weibo.

Methods

A total of 15,900 tweets related to oral health and dentistry information from Weibo during the COVID-19 outbreak in China (December 31, 2019, to March 16, 2020) were included in our study. Two researchers coded 1000 of the total tweets in advance, and two main thematic categories with eight subtypes were refined. The included tweets were analyzed over time an

SUBMITTER: Tao ZY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7296975 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature