Identifying Profiles and Symptoms of Patients With Long COVID in France: Data Mining Infodemiology Study Based on Social Media

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long COVID—a condition with persistent symptoms post COVID-19 infection—is the first illness arising from social media. In France, the French hashtag #ApresJ20 described symptoms persisting longer than 20 days after contracting COVID-19. Faced with a lack of recognition from medical and official entities, patients formed communities on social media and described their symptoms as long-lasting, fluctuating, and multisystemic. While many studies on long COVID relied on traditional research methods with lengthy processes, social media offers a foundation for large-scale studies with a fast-flowing outburst of data.

Objective

We aimed to identify and analyze Long Haulers’ main reported symptoms, symptom co-occurrences, topics of discussion, difficulties encountered

SUBMITTER: Deguilhem A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685517 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature