Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes mellitus is a major global public health issue where self-management is critical to reducing disease burden. Social media has been a powerful tool to understand public perceptions. Public perception of the drugs used for the treatment of diabetes may be useful for orienting interventions to increase adherence.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore the public perceptions of anti-diabetic drugs through the analysis of health-related tweets mentioning such medications.

Methods

This study uses an infoveillance social listening approach to monitor public discourse using Twitter data. We coded 4000 tweets from January 1, 2019 to October 1, 2019 containing key terms related to anti-diabetic drugs by using qualitative content analysis. Tweets were

SUBMITTER: Golder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7872831 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature