Botero-Rodríguez Felipe, Mosquera-Quiñónez Melizza, Martínez Torres Liz Mariana, Bolívar-Moná Santiago, Jover T Gabriela, Vargas C Laura, Franco Oscar H, Gómez-Restrepo Carlos
Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed). 2021 Jun 17. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2021.05.005.
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted mental health. Up to a quarter of the population has reported mental health disorders. This has been studied mainly from a nosological perspective, according to diagnostic criteria. Nevertheless, we did not find studies that have explored the daily expressions of the population. Our objective was to evaluate the perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions on the emotional well-being of the Colombian population.
We performed a Twitter metrics and trend analysis. Initially, in the trend analysis, we calculated the average duration in hours of the 20 most popular trending topics of the day in Colombia and we grouped them into trends related to COVID-19 and unrelated trends. Subsequently, we identified dates of events associated with the pandemic relevant to the country, and they were related to the behaviour of the trends studied. Additionally, we did an exploratory analysis of these, selected the tweets with the greatest reach and categorised them in an inductive way to analyse them qualitatively.
Issues not related to COVID-19 were more far-reaching than those related to coronavirus. However, a rise in these issues was seen on some dates consistent with important events in Colombia. We found expressions of approval and disapproval, solidarity and accusation. Inductively, we identified categories of informative tweets, humour, fear, stigma and discrimination, politics and entities, citizen complaints, and self-care and optimism.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic generates different reactions in the population, which increasingly have more tools to express themselves and know the opinions of others. Social networks play a fundamental role in the communication of the population, so this content could serve as a public health surveillance tool and a useful and accessible means of communication in the management of health crises.
新冠疫情对心理健康产生了负面影响。高达四分之一的人口报告患有精神疾病。这主要是根据诊断标准从疾病分类学角度进行研究的。然而，我们并未找到探索民众日常表达的研究。我们的目标是评估对新冠疫情的看法及其对哥伦比亚民众情绪健康的影响。
我们进行了推特指标和趋势分析。最初，在趋势分析中，我们计算了哥伦比亚当日20个最热门话题的平均持续时长（以小时为单位），并将它们分为与新冠疫情相关的趋势和不相关的趋势。随后，我们确定了与该国相关的疫情事件日期，并将它们与所研究趋势的表现相关联。此外，我们对这些进行了探索性分析，挑选出传播范围最广的推文，并以归纳方式对其进行分类以进行定性分析。
与新冠疫情无关的话题比与新冠病毒相关的话题传播范围更广。然而，在与哥伦比亚重要事件一致的某些日期，这些话题出现了增长。我们发现了赞成与反对、团结与指责的表达。通过归纳，我们确定了信息类推文、幽默、恐惧、污名与歧视、政治与实体、公民投诉以及自我关怀与乐观等类别。
新冠疫情的影响在民众中产生了不同反应，民众越来越有更多工具来表达自己并了解他人的意见。社交网络在民众沟通中发挥着重要作用，因此这些内容可作为公共卫生监测工具以及健康危机管理中有用且易于获取的沟通方式。
