Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The social media site Twitter has 145 million daily active users worldwide and has become a popular forum for users to communicate their health care concerns and experiences as patients. In the fall of 2018, a hashtag titled #DoctorsAreDickheads emerged, with almost 40,000 posts calling attention to health care experiences.

Objective

This study aims to identify common health care conditions and conceptual themes represented within the phenomenon of this viral Twitter hashtag.

Methods

We analyzed a random sample of 5.67% (500/8818) available tweets for qualitative analysis between October 15 and December 31, 2018, when the hashtag was the most active. Team coders reviewed the same 20.0% (100/500) tweets and the remainder individually. We abstracted the user'

SUBMITTER: Sharma AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature