scholarly journals Exploring public perspectives of anti-diabetic drugs: a qualitative content analysis of Twitter posts (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Golder ◽  
Millie Bach ◽  
Karen O'Connor ◽  
Robert Gross ◽  
Sean Hennessy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

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 drugs used to treat the disease may be useful for orienting interventions to increase adherence. OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions of anti-diabetic drugs (ADDs) through the analysis of health-related tweets mentioning such medications. METHODS 4000 tweets from 1st January to 1st October 2019 containing key terms related to ADDs were coded using qualitative content analysis. Tweets were coded for whether they were truly about an ADD, and then whether they were health-related. Health-related tweets were further coded based on who was tweeting, which ADD was being tweeted about, and the content discussed in the tweet. The main outcome of the analysis was the themes identified by analyzing the content of health-related tweets on ADDs. RESULTS 1664 health-related tweets about 33 ADDs were identified. A quarter (415/1664 of tweets were confirmed to have come from people with diabetes, 18% (298/1664) from people posting about someone else, and 3% (45/1664) from healthcare professionals. However, the role of the tweeter was unidentifiable from two-thirds of the tweets. 13 themes were identified, with the health consequences of the cost of ADDs being the most extensively discussed, followed by the efficacy and availability. We also identified issues patients may conceal from healthcare professionals, such as purchasing medications from unofficial sources. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to use Twitter to explore perceptions exclusively related to ADDs. This analysis gives an insight into the real-life issues individual’s face when taking ADDs, and such findings may be incorporated into health policies to improve compliance and efficacy. This study suggests there is a fear of not having access to ADDs, whether due to cost or physical availability and also highlights the impact of the sacrifices made to access ADDs. Alongside screening for diabetes-related health issues, healthcare professionals should also ask their patients about any non-health concerns with their ADDs. The positive tweets about dietary changes indicate that people with type 2 diabetes may be more open to self-management than healthcare professionals believe.

scholarly journals The Impact of “Manipulated News” on Student Attitudes and Perceptions and Their Participation in the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110197
Author(s):  
Chesca Ka Po Wong ◽  
Runping Zhu ◽  
Richard Krever ◽  
Alfred Siu Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Potential Use

While the impact of fake news on viewers, particularly marginalized media users, has been a cause of growing concern, there has been little attention paid to the phenomenon of deliberately “manipulated” news published on social media by mainstream news publishers. Using qualitative content analysis and quantitative survey research, this study showed that consciously biased animated news videos released in the midst of the Umbrella Movement protests in Hong Kong impacted on both the attitudes of students and their participation in the protests. The findings raise concerns over potential use of the format by media owners to promote their preferred ideologies.

Mainstream Superhero Comics and Gendered Representations of Social Control

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hope Hutchins
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Graphic Novels ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Women Police Officers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Media Constructions ◽  
Women Police

In the context of increasing familiarity with mainstream superhero comics and their characters, a wide range of readers are being exposed to the values regarding gender and social control being communicated in this genre. Therefore, it is important to assess whether social control is signified differently for males and females in superhero comics. This presentation will begin with a discussion of why it is important to study comics and graphic novels. I will then outline the concept of social control and criminological theories centered on this idea before demonstrating why superheroes may be understood as agents of social control. This will bring me to a discussion of preliminary findings of a qualitative content analysis of issues of Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Ms Marvel, Justice League of America, and New Avengers comics released from May to October 2007. In examining the leadership positions, the formal and informal methods employed, those over whom social control is exercised, and relative success of each superhero in these issues, I am seeking to assess whether social control is portrayed as being exercised by male and female superheroes in different ways and to identify how this happens. The results of this content analysis will be compared with previous studies of women police officers to assess whether representations of female agents of social control in superhero comics are consistent with the experiences of real‐life criminal justice practitioners. Finally, the reasons for and implications of the nature of such media constructions will be briefly explored to encourage other students to study comics and graphic novels.

scholarly journals Contextualizing the Impact of Snakebite Envenoming on Patients: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Patient-Specific Functional Scale Activities Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9608
Author(s):  
Anna Tupetz ◽  
Ashley J. Phillips ◽  
Patrick E. Kelly ◽  
Loren K. Barcenas ◽  
Eric J. Lavonas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Classification ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Functional Scale ◽  
Icf Model ◽  
The Impact

To categorize the Patient-specific Functional Scale (PSFS) activities in snakebite envenoming (SBE) using the International Classification of Function (ICF) model in order to describe the impact of SBE on patients’ activities and daily lives and to develop a theoretical SBE model of functioning, we performed a post-hoc analysis of two multi-center, prospective studies, conducted at 14 clinical sites in the United States with consecutive SBE patients presenting to the emergency department. Qualitative content analysis and natural language processing were used to categorize activities reported in the PSFS using the ICF model. Our sample included 93 patients. The mean age was 43.0 (SD 17.9) years, most had lower extremity injuries (59%). A total of 99 unique activities representing eight domains came within the Activity and Participation component of the ICF model, with the majority in the Mobility and General Tasks and Demands domains. The main concerns of SBE patients are the ability to perform daily activities and to engage within their social environment. Applying the ICF model to SBE can facilitate the creation of a patient-centered treatment approach, moving beyond body-structural impairments towards a function-based treatment approach and facilitate early integration of rehabilitation services.

scholarly journals Self‐Management Recommendations for Sickle Cell Disease: A Content Analysis of Websites

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Druye A Andrews ◽  
Nelson Katherine ◽  
Robinson Brian
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Sickle Cell Disease ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Cell Disease ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Management Recommendations

This paper reports on the findings of a study designed to establish website-based self-management recommendations for sickle cell disease. Google and Yahoo search engines were used to search the World-Wide-Web. Purposive sampling was utilized to select 28 websites that met the inclusion criteria. Data were manually collected from health education materials and subjected to qualitative content analysis. Self-management was conceptualized as actions involving preventive health, self-monitoring, self-diagnosing, and self-treatment. The results show that the websites recommend more self-management actions for preventive health and self-treatment than for self-monitoring and self-diagnosis. Frequent oral fluid intake, limitation of overactivity, eating a healthy diet, avoiding extreme temperatures, and infections were the commonest preventive health recommendations. Daily pain monitoring and general bodily inspections were the most frequent self-monitoring recommendations. Commonly cited self-diagnostic indicators were fever, persistent pain, enlarged spleen, and leg ulcers. The use of analgesics and non-pharmacological measures were regularly cited for self-treatment. Most recommendations were assessed as clinically safe as they align with standards for sickle cell management. Nurses and other professionals should teach patients how to assess the credibility of websites. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of their work with patients of working age with heart failure

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-166
Author(s):  
Catharina Frank ◽  
Camilla Lindbäck ◽  
Christina Takman ◽  
Lena Nordgren
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Individual Interview ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Returning To Work ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Impact

There is a lack of knowledge about healthcare professionals’ perspectives on rehabilitation in relation to heart failure. Still, collaboration between different professionals can impact patients. The purpose of this study was to describe healthcare professionals’ perceptions of their work with patients of working age with heart failure. The sample population consisted of six nurses, one physiotherapist and one cardiologist. One individual interview and two focus-group interviews were conducted. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Three descriptive categories were constructed: ‘the impact of heart failure on patients’ life situations’, ‘heart failure service’, and ‘patients’ process of returning to work’. To support patients, healthcare professionals need to find ways to combine patients’ personal needs with protocol-driven care.

scholarly journals Hospital and nursing home patients’ experiences with delirium assessments: A qualitative content analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Helle Svenningsen ◽  
Dorthe Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Delirium Assessment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Nursing Home Patients

To explore hospital and nursing home patients’ experiences with delirium assessments and better understand their attitudes, we used a qualitative method to summarise, in everyday terms, specific events observed by researchers and experienced by patients. We performed participant observations of delirium assessments of eight patients and conducted individual semi-structured face-to-face interviews with seven other patients. We carried out content analysis using an inductive approach. Our findings indicate that patients approached delirium assessment with initial scepticism due to a lack of knowledge. Their scepticism changed to complete acceptance after the assessment’s purpose was explained. However, some patients gave up on the assessment due to cognitive challenges, lack of energy, fatigue, or language barriers. Patients appreciated that professionals were interested in their mental and physical well-being. Despite initial scepticism, the patients found the delirium assessment valuable when they better understood its purpose. Thus, healthcare professionals should provide patients with relevant information about delirium assessments.

scholarly journals Managing hypertension in 2018: which guideline to follow?

Heart Asia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e011127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Angeli ◽  
Gianpaolo Reboldi ◽  
Monica Trapasso ◽  
Adolfo Aita ◽  
Paolo Verdecchia
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Systolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Asian Population ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Asian Populations ◽  
The Impact

Hypertension is a global public health issue and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Its prevalence is increasing in many Asian countries, with a number of countries with blood pressure above the global average. Although the average systolic blood pressure is decreasing worldwide since the 1980s at the rate of about 1 mm Hg systolic blood pressure per decade, it is increasing in low-income and middle-income countries, especially in the East and South Asian population. Of note, the much larger base Asian population results in a considerably larger absolute number of individuals affected. When compared with Western countries, hypertension among Asian populations has unique features in terms of its onset, clustering of associated cardiovascular risk factors, complications and outcomes. Moreover, only a minority of hypertensive individuals are receiving treatment and achieving control. Projected number of deaths related to hypertension dramatically increased in the last 25 years in some Asian regions with a disproportionately high mortality and morbidity from stroke compared with Western countries. The relation between blood pressure and the risk of stroke is stronger in Asia than in Western regions. Although new Guidelines for hypertension diagnosis and management have been recently released from Europe and North America, the unique features of Asian hypertensive patients raise concerns on the clinical applicability of Western Guidelines to Asian populations. To this purpose, we critically reviewed key elements from the most updated Guidelines. We also discussed their core concepts to verify the impact on hypertension prevention and management in Asian countries.

scholarly journals The prevention of female genital mutilation in England: what can be done?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. e261-e266 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Plugge ◽  
S Adam ◽  
L El Hindi ◽  
J Gitau ◽  
N Shodunke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Female Genital

Abstract Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a global public health issue. Women in the UK are at risk of FGM and its adverse health consequences but little is known about its practice. Since 1985 it has been a criminal offence to perform FGM in the UK and further legislation has tightened the law but FGM continues. Methods Four community researchers from the Kenyan, Nigerian, Somalian and Sudanese communities in Oxford conducted focus groups and interviews with 53 people to understand the communities’ beliefs about how best to prevent FGM. Results Participants believed that the current UK legislation alone was not sufficient to tackle FGM and might in fact be counterproductive by alienating communities through its perceived imposition. They felt that there had been insufficient consultation with affected communities, awareness raising and education about the legislation. Community-led solutions were the most effective way to tackle FGM. Conclusions FGM adversely affects communities globally. In the UK, researchers from affected communities gathered data demonstrating the feasibility and importance of involving communities in FGM prevention work. Further research is needed to understand how best to prevent FGM in affected communities and, very importantly, to examine the impact of the UK legislation relating to FGM.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Official Healthcare Informatics Applications in Saudi Arabia and their Role in Addressing COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-263
Author(s):  
Nouf Alassaf ◽  
Sulaiman Bah ◽  
Fatima Almulhim ◽  
Norah AlDossary ◽  
Munirah Alqahtani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Healthcare Informatics ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Health Related

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine official healthcare informatics applications in Saudi Arabia in the context of their role in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Methods: This is a case study of official healthcare informatics programs and applications (apps) developed in Saudi Arabia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The qualitative content analysis (QCA) method was used. Data collection consisted of two components: a desktop review of documents and actual testing of the programs. According to the QCA method, we developed a matrix for abstracting information on different apps and programs in order to categorize the data. The compilation of information and discussion were based on information summarized in the matrix.Results: Six apps in total were developed before the COVID-19 pandemic. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, three of the apps, SEHA, Mawid, and Sehaty were modified to address different aspects of the pandemic. Both SEHA and Mawid included information about COVID-19 awareness. During the COVID-19 pandemic, three official apps were developed: Tawakkalna, Tetamman, and Tabaud. The Tawakkalna app is mandatory for all citizens and residents to activate when visiting stores and institutions. It has a wide range of COVID-19 and other health-related functions. The Tetamman app provides COVID-19 test results and allows one to check his or her daily symptoms. It also has an educational content library and provides alerts. The Tabaud app notifies individuals if they have been exposed to COVID-19. The features, advantages, and disadvantages of all of the apps were examined.Conclusions: Overall, there were more strengths than shortcomings in the role played by healthcare informatics in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

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