dc.contributor.author | Sormunen, Taina | |
dc.contributor.author | Westerbotn, Margareta | |
dc.contributor.author | Aanesen, Arthur | |
dc.contributor.author | Fossum, Bjöörn | |
dc.contributor.author | Karlgren, Klas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-07T08:19:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-07T08:19:48Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-12-20T22:36:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sormunen, T., Westerbotn, M., Aanesen, A., Fossum, B., & Karlgren, K. (2021). Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs. Women's Health, 17. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1745-5057 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2977366 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Social media in the infertile community—using a text analysis tool to identify the topics of discussion on the multitude of infertility blogs | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © The Author(s) 2021 | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsvitenskap: 420 | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 17 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Women's Health | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/17455065211063280 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1970808 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |