Yoon Sunmoo
Sunmoo Yoon, PhD, RN, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2016 Nov;22(6):498-503. doi: 10.1177/1078390316663690.
Twitter can address the mental health challenges of dementia care. The aims of this study is to explore the contents and user interactions of tweets mentioning dementia to gain insights for dementia care.
We collected 35,260 tweets mentioning Alzheimer’s or dementia on World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21 in 2015. Topic modeling and social network analysis were applied to uncover content and structure of user communication.
Global users generated keywords related to mental health and care including #psychology and #mental health. There were similarities and differences between the UK and the US in tweet content. The macro-level analysis uncovered substantial public interest on dementia. The meso-level network analysis revealed that top leaders of communities were spiritual organizations and traditional media.
The application of topic modeling and multi-level network analysis while incorporating visualization techniques can promote a global level understanding regarding public attention, interests, and insights regarding dementia care and mental health.
推特可应对痴呆症护理中的心理健康挑战。本研究旨在探究提及痴呆症的推文内容及用户互动情况，以获取痴呆症护理方面的见解。
我们收集了2015年9月21日世界阿尔茨海默病日提及阿尔茨海默病或痴呆症的35260条推文。应用主题建模和社会网络分析来揭示用户交流的内容和结构。
全球用户生成了与心理健康及护理相关的关键词，包括#心理学和#心理健康。英国和美国的推文内容既有相似之处，也有不同之处。宏观层面分析发现公众对痴呆症关注度颇高。中观层面网络分析显示，社区的顶级领导者是精神组织和传统媒体。
运用主题建模和多层次网络分析并结合可视化技术，有助于在全球层面增进对公众对痴呆症护理及心理健康的关注、兴趣和见解的理解。
