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ACADEMYHEALTH ANNUAL RESEARCH MEETING JUNE 3, 2019 GRACE WANG, STEPHEN HINES, TENNILLE DANIELS, MARIA ALVA, SIYING LIU
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▸ Background ▸ Methods ▸ Results ▸ Lessons learned and practice implications
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NETWORK ANALYSIS TO STUDY STAKEHOLDERS INTERESTS 2 AGENDA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
NETWORK ANALYSIS TO STUDY STAKEHOLDERS INTERESTS 2 AGENDA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ACADEMYHEALTH ANNUAL RESEARCH MEETING JUNE 3, 2019 GRACE WANG, STEPHEN HINES, TENNILLE DANIELS, MARIA ALVA, SIYING LIU FEASIBILITY OF TWEETS AND SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO STUDY STAKEHOLDERS INTERESTS 2 AGENDA Background Methods
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BACKGROUND
PATIENT PRIORITIES IN RESEARCH
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BACKGROUND
▸ Social media is a potentially useful
data source for identifying the priorities of patients, families, and
- ther stakeholders
SOCIAL MEDIA
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BACKGROUND
STUDY OBJECTIVES
▸ To show the feasibility of using social media (i.e., tweets) and
social network analysis to:
▸ (1) identify stakeholder groups and their interests, and ▸ (2) determine whether patient, researcher, and other
stakeholder interests are aligned.
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METHODS
STEP 1. SEARCH TWITTER
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Search
- Software: NodeXL
- Terms: #chronickidneydisease, #CKD, #ESRD
- Timeframe: 10/9/18 to 11/8/18
Dataset
- 2303 tweets (including retweets and mentions) by 1051 Twitter
users
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METHODS
STEP 2. ANALYZE DATA
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Social network analysis
- Applied Girvan Newman method in NodeXL
- Identified 163 clusters of users
Content analysis
- Reviewed user accounts within each cluster
- Categorized cluster into a stakeholder groups (i.e., patient/family;
advocacy; researchers; physicians/care delivery; industry)
- Analyzed tweets to determine the stakeholder’s priorities
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RESULTS
▸ Dots: 74 Twitter users ▸ Colors: 25 clusters
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PATIENT & FAMILY NETWORK
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RESULTS
▸ One Twitter user in the
center
▸ About 20 followers
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PATIENT & FAMILY NETWORK
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PATIENT & FAMILY NETWORK
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PATIENT & FAMILY NETWORK
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RESEARCHER NETWORK
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RESEARCHER NETWORK
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RESEARCHER NETWORK
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DISCUSSION
LIMITATIONS
▸ Only tweets and not other forms of social media (e.g., Facebook) ▸ Twitter search results ▸ Active Twitter users with public accounts
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DISCUSSION
LESSONS LEARNED AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS
▸ Feasible method ▸ Chronic kidney disease example ▸ Patients and families: how condition affects daily life (boredom, diet) ▸ Researchers: CIRC study and clinical guidelines ▸ Twitter as a supplementary information source for stakeholders to learn
more about one another
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SUMMARY
▸ It is feasible to use Twitter and social network analysis to identify
stakeholders and their interests
▸ Social media posts can be a supplementary information source to
learn about stakeholder interests
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QUESTIONS?
Grace Wang, PhD, MPH Principal Research Associate IMPAQ International 206-939-4980 gwang@impaqint.com
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