What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum

What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum

In this paper, the Biterm topic modeling method and comparative analysis were employed to identify consumers' information needs on hypertension and their differences between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum. There are common information needs on both platforms but consu...

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Main Authors: Ye Chen, Ting Dong, Qunwei Ban, Yating Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Atlantis Press 2021-02-01
Series:International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
Subjects:
Hypertension information needs
Social media platform
Topic modeling
Biterm topic model
Online Access:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125952596/view
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spelling doaj-29eedff94d7541f2b13c01c32c982c972021-02-22T17:28:32ZengAtlantis PressInternational Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems 1875-68832021-02-0114110.2991/ijcis.d.210203.002What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A ForumYe ChenTing DongQunwei BanYating LiIn this paper, the Biterm topic modeling method and comparative analysis were employed to identify consumers' information needs on hypertension and their differences between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum. There are common information needs on both platforms but consumers on MedHelp discussed more about pathology and pharmacology, and mental health of hypertension than those on Quora. The results can help consumers, social media platform designers, and medical professionals better understand consumers' information needs on hypertension.https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125952596/viewHypertension information needsSocial media platformTopic modelingBiterm topic model
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Ting Dong
Qunwei Ban
Yating Li
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Ting Dong
Qunwei Ban
Yating Li
What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
Hypertension information needs
Social media platform
Topic modeling
Biterm topic model
author_facet Ye Chen
Ting Dong
Qunwei Ban
Yating Li
author_sort Ye Chen
title What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum
title_short What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum
title_full What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum
title_fullStr What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum
title_full_unstemmed What Concerns Consumers about Hypertension? A Comparison between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum
title_sort what concerns consumers about hypertension? a comparison between the online health community and the q&a forum
publisher Atlantis Press
series International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
issn 1875-6883
publishDate 2021-02-01
description In this paper, the Biterm topic modeling method and comparative analysis were employed to identify consumers' information needs on hypertension and their differences between the Online Health Community and the Q&A Forum. There are common information needs on both platforms but consumers on MedHelp discussed more about pathology and pharmacology, and mental health of hypertension than those on Quora. The results can help consumers, social media platform designers, and medical professionals better understand consumers' information needs on hypertension.
topic Hypertension information needs
Social media platform
Topic modeling
Biterm topic model
url https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125952596/view
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