Universität zu Köln

Salem, Johannes ORCID: 0000-0002-0528-9291, Borgmann, Hendrik ORCID: 0000-0002-3955-564X, Bultitude, Matthew, Fritsche, Hans-Martin, Haferkamp, Axel, Heidenreich, Axel, Miernik, Arkadiusz, Neisius, Andreas, Knoll, Thomas, Thomas, Christian and Tsaur, Igor (2016). Online Discussion on #KidneyStones: A Longitudinal Assessment of Activity, Users and Content. PLoS One, 11 (8). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Introduction Twitter is a popular microblogging platform for the rapid dissemination of information and reciprocal exchange in the urological field. We aimed to assess the activity, users and content of the online discussion, #KidneyStones, on Twitter. Methods We investigated the Symplur Signals analytics tool for Twitter data distributed via the #KidneyStones hashtag over a one year period. Activity analysis reflected overall activity and tweet enhancements. We assessed users' geolocations and performed an influencer analysis. Content analysis included the most frequently used words, tweet sentiment and shares for top tweets. Results 3,426 users generated over 10,333 tweets, which were frequently accompanied by links (49%), mentions (30%) and photos (13%). Users came from 106 countries across the globe and were most frequently from North America (63%) and Europe (16%). Individual and organisational healthcare professionals made up 56% of the influencers of the Twitter discussion on #KidneyStones. Besides the words 'kidney' (used 4,045 times) and 'stones' (3,335), 'pain' (1,233), 'urine' (1,158), and 'risk' (1,023) were the most frequently used words. 56% of tweets had a positive sentiment. The median (range) number of shares was 85 (62-587) for the top 10 links, 45.5 (17-94) for the top 10 photos, and 44 (22-95) for the top 10 retweets. Conclusion The rapidly growing Twitter discussion on #KidneyStones engaged multiple stakeholders in the healthcare sector on a global scale and reached both professionals and laypeople. When used effectively and responsibly, the Twitter platform could improve prevention and medical care of kidney stone patients.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Salem, Johannes UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-9291 UNSPECIFIED Borgmann, Hendrik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3955-564X UNSPECIFIED Bultitude, Matthew UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fritsche, Hans-Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Haferkamp, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Heidenreich, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Miernik, Arkadiusz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Neisius, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Knoll, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Thomas, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tsaur, Igor UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-266454
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0160863
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Volume:	11
Number:	8
Date:	2016
Publisher:	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN:	1932-6203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL MEDIA; CALCIUM NEPHROLITHIASIS; RECURRENCE RATE; RISK-FACTORS; STONE; UROLITHIASIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PREVALENCE; OBESITY; CALCULI Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26645