College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jan 14;289:57-60. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210858.
Public perception about vaccines is imperative for successful vaccination programs. This study aims to measure the shift of sentiment towards vaccines after the COVID-19 outbreak in the Arab-speaking population. The study used vaccine-related Arabic Tweets and analyzed the sentiment of users in two different time frames, before 2020 (T1) and after 2020 (T2). The analysis showed that in T1, 48.05% of tweets were positive, and 16.47% of tweets were negative. In T2, 43.03% of tweets were positive, and 20.56% of tweets were negative. Among the Twitter users, the sentiment of 15.92% users shifted towards positive, and the sentiment of 17.90% users shifted towards negative. Public sentiment that have shifted towards positive may be due to the hope of vaccine efficacy, whereas public sentiment that have shifted towards negative may be due to the concerns related to vaccine side effects and misinformation. This study can support policymakers in the Arab world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing tools to understand public opinion and sentiment.
公众对疫苗的看法对于成功的疫苗接种计划至关重要。本研究旨在衡量 COVID-19 爆发后阿拉伯语人群中对疫苗的看法变化。该研究使用了与疫苗相关的阿拉伯语推文，并在两个不同的时间框架（T1 和 T2）分析了用户的情绪。分析结果表明，在 T1 中，48.05%的推文是积极的，16.47%的推文是消极的。在 T2 中，43.03%的推文是积极的，20.56%的推文是消极的。在 Twitter 用户中，有 15.92%的用户情绪转向积极，有 17.90%的用户情绪转向消极。情绪转向积极的公众可能是因为对疫苗疗效的希望，而情绪转向消极的公众可能是因为对疫苗副作用和错误信息的担忧。本研究可以支持阿拉伯世界的政策制定者通过利用工具了解公众意见和情绪来应对 COVID-19 大流行。
