A New Method to Extract Health-Related Quality of Life Data From Social Media Testimonies: Algorithm Development and Validation.

Simon Renner Tom Marty Mickaïl Khadhar Pierre Foulquié Paméla Voillot Adel Mebarki Ilaria Montagni Nathalie Texier Stéphane Schuck

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2022)

The development of an innovative method to extract health data from social media as real time assessment of patients' HRQoL is useful to a patient-centered medical care. As a source of real-world data, social media provide a complementary point of view to understand patients' concerns and unmet needs, as well as shedding light on how diseases and treatments can be a burden in their daily lives.

Keyphrases

social media
health information
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
electronic health record
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
public health
prognostic factors
big data
physical activity
machine learning
risk assessment