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Table 1 Analysis of Sepsis-Related Social Media Content

From: Social media insights on sepsis management using advanced natural language processing techniques

Topic

Representative Words (Probability)

Proportion of Tweets

Panel A: Topic Modeling Results

1. Sepsis symptoms and early detection

signs (0.028), symptoms (0.025), early (0.021), detect (0.019), fever (0.017), chills (0.015), confusion (0.014), breathing (0.013), heart rate (0.012), pain (0.011)

19.5%

2. Personal experiences with sepsis

family (0.032), lost (0.029), survivor (0.026), story (0.023), battle (0.021), fight (0.019), share (0.017), journey (0.015), recover (0.013), support (0.011)

21.3%

3. Sepsis prevention and risk factors

prevent (0.035), risk (0.031), factors (0.027), infection (0.024), hygiene (0.021), vaccinate (0.018), handwashing (0.016), clean (0.014), wound (0.012), immune (0.010)

16.8%

4. Treatment and outcomes of sepsis

treatment (0.040), antibiotics (0.036), hospital (0.033), ICU (0.029), organ failure (0.026), shock (0.023), survive (0.020), death (0.018), recovery (0.016), long-term (0.014)

12.5%

5. Sepsis awareness and education

awareness (0.044), education (0.039), campaign (0.035), knowledge (0.031), learn (0.027), recognize (0.024), signs (0.021), symptoms (0.019), prevention (0.016), information (0.014)

24.6%

6. Healthcare systems and sepsis management

healthcare (0.038), system (0.034), management (0.030), protocol (0.027), guidelines (0.024), training (0.021), quality (0.019), improve (0.016), standardize (0.014), coordinate (0.012)

5.3%

Predictor

Univariate Model

Regression Model

β

p-value

β

p-value

Panel B: Linear Regression Analysis of Factors Affecting Tweet Engagement

Sentiment Score (Positive)

0.18

 < 0.001

0.20

 < 0.001

Sentiment Score (Negative)

− 0.09

 < 0.01

-0.11

 < 0.01

Topic 1: Sepsis symptoms and early detection

0.06

0.07

Topic 2: Personal experiences with sepsis

0.11

 < 0.001

0.13

 < 0.001

Topic 3: Sepsis prevention and risk factors

0.08

 < 0.05

0.09

 < 0.01

Topic 4: Treatment and outcomes of sepsis

− 0.03

0.28

Topic 5: Sepsis awareness and education

0.22

 < 0.001

0.25

 < 0.001

Topic 6: Healthcare systems and sepsis management

0.01

0.65

User Influence (In-degree Centrality)

0.35

 < 0.001

0.38

 < 0.001

R2

0.33

 

0.32