Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs
Background: Infertility affects one in six couples. New digital resources exist which enable the study of lived experience of persons with infertility. Blogging represents a forum for sharing narratives and experiences. To provide high quality care for persons with a history of infertility, it is cr...
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| author | Taina Sormunen Margareta Westerbotn Arthur Aanesen Bjöörn Fossum Klas Karlgren |
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| description | Background: Infertility affects one in six couples. New digital resources exist which enable the study of lived experience of persons with infertility. Blogging represents a forum for sharing narratives and experiences. To provide high quality care for persons with a history of infertility, it is crucial to ascertain what they value as significant in their situation. Blogs with a focus on infertility may provide this information. Objectives: The aim of this study was to gain insight into which infertility-related issues are discussed on Swedish infertility blogs. Methods: In total, 70 infertility blogs were identified on the Internet and 25 met the inclusion criteria. A quantitative–qualitative content analysis was performed with the support of the Gavagai Explorer text analysis software. Results: A total of 4508 postings were retrieved from the blogs, all of which were written by women. The outcome of the analysis resulted into the following topics: Emotions (16.8%), Relations (12.5%), Time and waiting (7.1%), Body (6.6%), Care and treatment (4.2%), Food and diet (1.4%) and Exercise (0.5%). For most topics, there was a balance between positive and negative statements, but the body topic stood out by having more negative than positive sentiment. Conclusion: By considering the topics expressed in blogs, health care personnel are provided with an opportunity to better understand the situation of individuals affected by infertility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d723592df68b4b0fa1e3b06c0329b7b32022-12-21T23:10:32ZengSAGE PublishingWomen's Health1745-50652021-12-011710.1177/17455065211063280Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogsTaina Sormunen0Margareta Westerbotn1Arthur Aanesen2Bjöörn Fossum3Klas Karlgren4Department of Health Promoting Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Nursing Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, SwedenSophiahemmet Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Nursing Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Health and Functioning, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, NorwayBackground: Infertility affects one in six couples. New digital resources exist which enable the study of lived experience of persons with infertility. Blogging represents a forum for sharing narratives and experiences. To provide high quality care for persons with a history of infertility, it is crucial to ascertain what they value as significant in their situation. Blogs with a focus on infertility may provide this information. Objectives: The aim of this study was to gain insight into which infertility-related issues are discussed on Swedish infertility blogs. Methods: In total, 70 infertility blogs were identified on the Internet and 25 met the inclusion criteria. A quantitative–qualitative content analysis was performed with the support of the Gavagai Explorer text analysis software. Results: A total of 4508 postings were retrieved from the blogs, all of which were written by women. The outcome of the analysis resulted into the following topics: Emotions (16.8%), Relations (12.5%), Time and waiting (7.1%), Body (6.6%), Care and treatment (4.2%), Food and diet (1.4%) and Exercise (0.5%). For most topics, there was a balance between positive and negative statements, but the body topic stood out by having more negative than positive sentiment. Conclusion: By considering the topics expressed in blogs, health care personnel are provided with an opportunity to better understand the situation of individuals affected by infertility.https://doi.org/10.1177/17455065211063280 |
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| title | Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs |
| title_full | Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs |
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| title_short | Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs |
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