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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Autores principales:	Taina Sormunen, Margareta Westerbotn, Arthur Aanesen, Bjöörn Fossum, Klas Karlgren
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d723592df68b4b0fa1e3b06c0329b7b32021-12-03T23:33:31ZSocial media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs1745-506510.1177/17455065211063280https://doaj.org/article/d723592df68b4b0fa1e3b06c0329b7b32021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/17455065211063280https://doaj.org/toc/1745-5065Background: 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.Taina SormunenMargareta WesterbotnArthur AanesenBjöörn FossumKlas KarlgrenSAGE PublishingarticleMedicineRENWomen's Health, Vol 17 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Taina Sormunen Margareta Westerbotn Arthur Aanesen Bjöörn Fossum Klas Karlgren Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs
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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author	Taina Sormunen Margareta Westerbotn Arthur Aanesen Bjöörn Fossum Klas Karlgren
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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_short	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
title_fullStr	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_unstemmed	Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs
title_sort	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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publishDate	2021
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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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