Conversations and Misconceptions About Chemotherapy in Arabic Tweets: Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although chemotherapy was first introduced for the treatment of cancer more than 60 years ago, the public understanding and acceptance of chemotherapy is still debatable. To the best of our knowledge, no study has assessed the conversations and misconceptions about chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer on social media platforms among the Arabic-speaking populations.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the types of conversations and misconceptions that were shared on Twitter regarding chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer among the Arabic-speaking populations.

Methods

All Arabic tweets containing any of the representative set of keywords related to chemotherapy and written between May 1, 2017 and October 31, 2017 were retrieved. A manual content

SUBMITTER: Alghamdi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424479 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature