Comparative Analysis of Social Support in Online Health Communities Using a Word Co-Occurrence Network Analysis Approach

Online health communities (OHCs) have become a major source of social support for people with health problems. Members of OHCs interact online with others facing similar health problems and receive multiple types of social support, including but not limited to informational support, emotional suppor...

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Main Authors: Mengque Liu, Xia Zou, Jiyin Chen, Shuangge Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24/2/174