scholarly journals Mapping and Quantification of the Twitter Footprint of Cardiologists

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankur Kalra ◽  
Ashish Kumar ◽  
Amy S Nowacki ◽  
Amna Shahadat ◽  
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
P Value ◽  
The Past ◽  
K Index ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Index 2 ◽  
World Report ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Upper Boundary

Abstract Background The increasing importance placed by medical journals for dissemination of published articles on social media, such as posting Altmetric scores, has further expedited the need for differentiating bona fide science from pseudo-science. The “Kardashian index” (a.k.a., K-index) was suggested, which correlates the citations of a scientist with his/her Twitter followers. Methods and Results From a list of top 100 cardiology hospitals in accordance with the most recent U.S. News and World Report rankings, 1,500 cardiologists were selected based on institutional physician profile pages complete with cardiologists’ headshots. The K-index of cardiologists, variables like all time posts, posts for the past 12 months (June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020) etc. of cardiologists were documented and analysed. The K-index of cardiologists in our study was stratified into the following categories (upper boundary inclusive); K-index 0-1 (n = 104); K-index 1-2 (n = 30); K-index 2-3 (n = 24); K-index 3-4 (n = 14); K-index 4-5 (n = 5) and K-index >5 (n = 22) (Table 1). There was no statistically significant difference (P = 0.94) in the citation number across the K-index categories (no consistent pattern observed, median citation ranging from 237 to 610). However, cardiologists with higher K-index categories had a higher number of 12-month posts (median 14 vs. 392 for K-index category 0 – 1 and >5, respectively; P value <0.001). Conclusion Considering no evidence of a difference in the number of citations across K-index categories, the stigma associated with higher K-index needs to be reconsidered.

scholarly journals Social Media and Academic Impact: Do Early Tweets Correlate With Future Citations?

2021 ◽  
pp. 014556132110421
Author(s):  
Nilan G. Vaghjiani ◽  
Vatsal Lal ◽  
Nima Vahidi ◽  
Ali Ebadi ◽  
Matthew Carli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citation Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Number Of Citations

Objective: Determine whether social media platforms can influence article impact as measured by citations. Methods: Cross-sectional study that analyzed articles published in the top 10 otolaryngology journals by Eigenfactor score in January 2015. Total accumulated Twitter mentions and citations were recorded in 2021. The main outcomes examined the difference in citations, tweets, article types, and author counts accumulated over a 5-year period for all articles that were either tweeted or nontweeted. Results: A total of 3094 articles were included for analysis. The average article was cited 11.2 ± 13.2 times and tweeted 2.10 ± 4.0 times. Sixty-four percent of the articles had at least one tweet. Over the study period, there was a statistically significant difference in mean number of citations between tweeted articles (12.1 ± 15.0) versus nontweeted articles (9.6 ± 10.5) citations, representing a 26% difference ( P < .001). Review articles had the highest mean citations (19.4 ± 23.4) while editorials had the lowest mean citations (2.8 ± 6.9). Tweets peaked in the year of publication, but citations continued to rise in the subsequent years. Tweeted articles’ peak citation rate change was +1.27 mean citations per year, compared to +0.99 mean citations per year in nontweeted articles. The mean author count in tweeted articles (5.40 ± 3.1) was not significantly different than the mean author count in nontweeted articles (5.19 ± 2.65, P = .0794). Conclusion: These data suggest a moderate correlation between tweets and article citations, but a clear difference in the number of citations in articles tweeted versus those with no tweets. Thus, dissemination of knowledge may be impacted by social medial platforms such as Twitter.

scholarly journals Identifying and Analyzing Health-Related Themes in Disinformation Shared by Conservative and Liberal Russian Trolls on Twitter

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2159
Author(s):  
Amir Karami ◽  
Morgan Lundy ◽  
Frank Webb ◽  
Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy ◽  
Brooke W. McKeever ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
P Value ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Public Health Threat ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Left And Right

To combat health disinformation shared online, there is a need to identify and characterize the prevalence of topics shared by trolls managed by individuals to promote discord. The current literature is limited to a few health topics and dominated by vaccination. The goal of this study is to identify and analyze the breadth of health topics discussed by left (liberal) and right (conservative) Russian trolls on Twitter. We introduce an automated framework based on mixed methods including both computational and qualitative techniques. Results suggest that Russian trolls discussed 48 health-related topics, ranging from diet to abortion. Out of the 48 topics, there was a significant difference (p-value ≤ 0.004) between left and right trolls based on 17 topics. Hillary Clinton’s health during the 2016 election was the most popular topic for right trolls, who discussed this topic significantly more than left trolls. Mental health was the most popular topic for left trolls, who discussed this topic significantly more than right trolls. This study shows that health disinformation is a global public health threat on social media for a considerable number of health topics. This study can be beneficial for researchers who are interested in political disinformation and health monitoring, communication, and promotion on social media by showing health information shared by Russian trolls.

Pathological Role of Biofilm in Fungal Rhinosinusitis

QJM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W F Ezzat ◽  
A M Askoura ◽  
A N Elshazly ◽  
H Y Falah
Keyword(s):  
Nasal Polyposis ◽  
P Value ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
The Past ◽  
First Case ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Intracranial Complications ◽  
Infection Resistance

Abstract Background The first case of fungal sinusitis was reported in 1885. This fungal disease occurred rarely until the past decade, when a worldwide increase in its incidence occurred. Till one decade back bacteria was implicated as pathogen in most form of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Fungi were thought to be responsible for few specific forms, sine 1999, when ponikau and associates claimed that fungi were responsible for nearly all cases of CRS. Their study demonstrated the presence of fungi & eosinophils from nose & paranasal sinuses from ∼96 % cases of CRS. Aim of the Work The aim of the work was to detect the presence of fungal biofilm, in patients with fungal sinusitis trying to find its role in recurrence of fungal sinus infection, resistance to medical treatment and occurrence of intra orbital and intracranial complications. Patients and Methods The study consisted of 20 different cases of fungal sinusitis controlled by 10 cases of non fungal sinusitis. Control cases were divided into 5 cases of chronic sinusitis with nasal polyposis and 5 cases of deviated septum with no evidence of sinusitis undergoing nasal surgery. Results Using statistical analysis, there was evidence of pressure of fungal biofilm in different cases of fungal sinusitis whether primary or recurrent, also whether invasive or non invasive. Comparing cases with controls, There was statistically significant difference between them as regard Biofilm (p-value: &lt; 0.001) with incidence reaching (70 %) in cases while (0%) in controls. By applying risk analysis for biofilm, we used relative risk (p value = 0.0001) which is statistically significant indicating higher risk of positive biofilm in cases of fungal sinusitis, also by Using odds ratio (p value= 0.0002) which is statistically significant indicating higher risk of positive biofilm in cases of fungal sinusitis. Conclusion The study showed the presence of fungal biofilm in different cases of fungal siunsitis whether primary or recurrent, also whether invasive or non invasive.

scholarly journals The association between lockdown due to COVID-19 epidemic and searches for toothache using Google Trends in Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi ◽  
Erfan Shamsoddin ◽  
Peyman Ghasemi ◽  
Ali Mehrabi Bahar ◽  
Mansour Shaban Azad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluoride Concentration ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Google Trends ◽  
P Value ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
The Past ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Online Searches ◽  
Google Search

Objective: To assess the association between the lockdowns due to COVID-19 and online searches for toothache in Iran using Google Trends (GT). Methods: We investigated GT online searches for the search term دندان درد within the past five years. The time frame for data gathering was considered as the initiation and end dates of lockdown in Iran. Relative search volumes (RSVs) for online Google Search queries in 2019 was considered as the control. We performed one-way ANOVA statistical test to identify whether there is a statistical difference for RSV scores between the year 2020 and 2016-2019 for the whole country. Then we investigated the possible association of RSVs in provinces with dentists density, prevalence of current daily smokers, Human Development Index (HDI), Internet access, and fluoride concentration in water with linear regression. A p-value<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: When comparing 2020 with previous four years, there is a statistically significant difference between RSVs of 2020 with all previous years combined and each of these years (P<0.001 for all of them). In the linear model for the year 2020, HDI (B=-3.29, 95% CI: (-5.80, -0.78), P=0.012), fluoride concentration (B=-0.13, 95% CI: (-0.24, -0.03), P=0.017), and prevalence of daily smokers (B=0.33, 95% CI: (0.13, 0.53), P=0.002) were significantly associated with RSVs. These covariates were not statistically significant for other years, except for Internet access in 2016 (B=-1.13, 95% CI: (-2.26, 0.00), P=0.050). Conclusion: The RSVs for toothache in 2020 have significantly increased due to COVID-19-imposed lockdowns compared to the same period of the year in the past four years. knowing that this period mostly overlaps with the national holidays of Nowruz in Iran, reinforces the impacts of lockdowns on people CSB about toothache. In the subnational scale, the RSVs were significantly correlated with HDI, fluoride concentration, and number of daily smokers which emphasizes the role of socioeconomic factors in dental health and care-seeking behaviour.

scholarly journals EP.TU.157Can Twitter Attention Predict Citation Metrics? A Machine Learning Aided Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Lumley ◽  
Giordano Perin ◽  
Megan Baker ◽  
Alice Hanton ◽  
Ashuvini Mahendran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Median Number ◽  
P Value ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Spearman's Rho ◽  
Spearman’S Rho ◽  
Citation Metrics ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Cluster 2

Abstract Aims Surgical journals have developed social media profiles to increase engagement though it remains unclear as to whether social media attention indices for publications act as a surrogate or predictor of traditional citation metrics. This study used machine learning to determine if there is a relationship between Twitter mentions and number of citations for surgical publications. Methods We identified all original research and review papers published in Annals of Surgery, BJS and JAMA Surgery in 2019. Citations data and Twitter mentions were retrieved and the Spearman rank coefficient was used to determine degree of correlation between the two variables. An unsupervised machine-learning hierarchical clustering algorithm was used to define clusters of outlying papers. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the clusters was completed. Results 413 papers were selected. Median number of citations was 7 (IQR 3-14), median number of Twitter mentions was 40 (IQR 15-79). No correlation between Twitter mentions and number of citations was observed (Spearman’s rho 0.076 p-value 0.124). Cluster analysis identified one large (cluster 2, 367/413 papers) and six small clusters. Analysis of cluster 2 revealed a weak but significant correlation between citations and Twitter mentions (Spearman’s rho 0.107 p-value 0.041). The remaining six clusters were characterised by an out of proportion number of Twitter mentions compared to citations or vice versa. Conclusions Twitter mentions should not be used as a surrogate or predictor of traditional citation metrics. In our database the relationship between social media attention and citations was skewed by a small number of outlying papers.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of raising Hong Kong parents’ awareness of antimicrobial resistance through an educational program with peer support on social media: A pilot study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy P.L. Or ◽  
Patricia T.Y. Ching
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Background To test whether parents’ awareness of antimicrobial resistance could be improved through the education programme with peer support on social media Methods A cluster randomized controlled trial with two-arms were implemented. The intervention program consisted of two weekly sessions and each session lasted for 90 minutes. A total of 48 parents had participated in the program. Parental knowledge, attitude, and their social network were measured before and after the program using the Parental Perception on Antibiotics (PAPA) scale and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) to assess differences between and within the intervention and control groups. Results All parents would have a sense that antibiotics could be effective at treating some infections and not others, as compared to 40% in the control group. All parents in the intervention group and 85% of the control group disagreed that they should reduce the dose of antibiotics when their children were recovering. The test was statistically significant (p = 0.039) with a p value < .05. There was a significant difference and a strong negative correlation between peer support in Facebook and the parents’ belief that antibiotics could be stopped when their children felt better, with Pearson coefficient of -0.78 and p = 0.001. In general, there was no significant difference between the two groups with respect to the GSE scale. Conclusions Based on the findings in this pilot study, a further study based on the education program with enhancement and peer support can be implemented in a large scale with a positive expectation of increasing parental awareness of antimicrobial resistance and potentially influencing patient prescribing expectations when seeking healthcare.

scholarly journals EP.WE.372Has COVID-19 affected the attention surgical papers are receiving?

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Baker ◽  
Alice Hanton ◽  
Giordano Perin ◽  
Emma Lumley ◽  
Ashuvini Mahendran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
P Value ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Control Dataset ◽  
Opposite Trend ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Citation Metrics

Abstract Aim Unsurprisingly, much of the medical profession has focussed on treating covid-19 over the past year often to the detriment of other pathologies. Engagement with academic literature may follow a similar trend; this paper used standard social media attention and citations metrices to assess whether the pandemic has affected engagement with surgical literature. Method Twitter Mentions and Mendeley Readers Data were retrieved for all papers published in Annals of Surgery, BJS and JAMASurgery between January 2019 and October 2020. The non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare Twitter Mentions and Mendeley Readers for COVID surgical vs non-COVID surgical publications (in 2020) and all surgical papers published before and after the advent of COVID-19. A control database of all papers published in NEJM, BMJ and Lancet over the same period of time was also created. Results There was no difference in Twitter mentions between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 papers (p-value 0.604); however there were significantly more Mendeley readers of COVID-19 papers than non-COVID-19 papers in 2020 (55 vs 5 median readers, p &lt; 0.001). Surgical papers published in 2020 received significantly fewer Twitter mentions than those published in 2019 (15.5 vs 27, p &lt; 0.001). Analysis of the non-surgical control dataset revealed the opposite trend; papers published in 2020 received significantly more attention than those published in 2019 (39 vs 30 median Twitter citations, p &lt; 0.001). Conclusion Surgical papers published during the COVID-19 pandemic received significantly fewer social media mentions. Such reduced visibility has the potential to affect future citation metrics and dissemination of surgical knowledge

scholarly journals Drug use Among Undergraduates in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Nnaemeka Okoro ◽  
Umar Lahai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
P Value ◽  
Prevention Policy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Part Time

Background: Drug use among students is a public health problem and the academic consequences cannot be overemphasized. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the pattern of drug use among undergraduate students in Maiduguri and to identify the predictors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among students of tertiary institutions in Maiduguri Metropolis, Nigeria. Data were collected using the WHO Student Drug Use questionnaire. The data collected with the survey instrument included sex, age, studentship, and job status in the past 12-months and various drugs used. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and standard deviation were initially used to describe the study data. Chi-Square and Fisher’s exact tests were used to test for significant difference, while multivariate logistic regression was used to identify determinants of drug use with a P-value < 0.05 taken as significant Results: The overall prevalence of the past 12-months drug use was 14.3%. Tobacco (9.6%) followed by alcohol (8.1%) was the most frequently used drug. Being a university students (odds ratio = 1.88 [1.23 - 2.89]) compared to polytechnic students, being a male (1.55 [1.04 - 2.31]) compared to female, aged 26 - 35 years (1.48 [0.95 - 2.31]) compared to 18 - 25 years were significantly more likely to use drugs. Additionally, being a part-time student in the past 12-months (2.16 [1.11 - 4.21]) compared to no studentship status in the past 12 months, and having a paid part-time jobs in the past 12-months (2.11 [1.36 - 3.27]) compared to none were significantly more likely to use drugs. Conclusions: Our study revealed that a considerable proportion of students of higher education institutions in Nigeria use drugs. Drug use has grave implications for these students and may result in mental health disorders and poor academic performance. This highlights the importance of an effective drug prevention policy in higher education institutions.

scholarly journals The Psychology of Coronavirus Fear: Are Dentists of Pakistan Suffering from Corona-Phobia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mansoor Majeed ◽  
◽  
Zohra Saleem ◽  
Huma Sarwar ◽  
Zoobia Ramzan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dent Assoc ◽  
Keywords Anxiety ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Anxiety And Fear

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the level of anxiety and fear among Pakistani dentists due to COVID-19. METHODOLOGY: Data of 386 dentists evaluated who responded to the questionnaire sent via social media. Fear of coronavirus scale (FCV-19S) was used for evaluation of fear among Pakistani dentists. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21. One way ANOVA, chi-square and independent t-test were used for statistical analysis. P-value <0.05 was considered as significant. RESULTS: The overall mean FCV-19S score was 26.22 ± 4.907, which is on the higher end. Females showed higher fear scores as compared to males (p<0.001). A statistically significant difference between the scores of General Dental Practitioners (GDP) and specialists was also observed (p<0.001), Statistically, a significant difference was observed between all 4 age groups of dentists, young and elderly dentists demonstrating higher scores (F (3,382) = 8.618, p< 0.001). CONCLUSION: We conclude that due to the current COVID-19 crisis, majority of the dentists of Pakistan are afraid and among them, females, GDPs, young and elderly dentists are found to be more anxious and have a greater fear of getting infected by coronavirus during COVID 19 Pandemic. KEYWORDS: Anxiety, Fear, Pakistani, Dentist, COVID-19 HOW TO CITE: Majeed MM, Saleem Z, Sarwar H, Ramzan Z, Iqbal SN, Naeem MM. The psychology of coronavirus fear: Are dentists of pakistan suffering from corona-phobia?. J Pak Dent Assoc 2021;30(1):1-6.

Hubungan Alexithymia dengan Kecanduan Media Sosial pada Remaja di Jakarta Selatan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Yunita Mansyah Lestari ◽  
Suzy Yusna Dewi ◽  
Aulia Chairani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
P Value ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Toronto Alexithymia Scale ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Consecutive Sampling ◽  
Tas 20

ABSTRAK   Alexithymia ditandai dengan ketidakmampuan dalam mengenali dan mengekpresikan emosi serta pemikiran yang berorientasi eksternal sehingga mereka memiliki hubungan interpersonal yang buruk. Remaja dengan alexithymia cenderung menjadi kecanduan media sosial.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara Alexithymia terhadap kecanduan media sosial pada remaja di Jakarta Selatan. Subjek penelitian adalah remaja yang berusia 13-19 tahun dan tinggal di Jakarta selatan. Pengambilan data menggunakan metode consecutive sampling dan snowball sampling dengan menyebar kuesioner menggunakan link googleform. Jumlah subjek penelitian sebanyak 207 orang (41 = laki-laki, 166 = perempuan). Skala yang digunakan adalah Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) dan Social Media Disorder (SMD). Analisa data menggunakan metode chi-square pada SPSS 25. Hasil penelitian didapatkan 85 orang mengalami alexithymia, 88 mengalami kecanduan dan 62 orang mengalami alexithymia dan kecanduan media sosial. p-value didapatkan 0,000. Hal ini berarti terdapat hubungan antara Alexithymia dengan Kecanduan Media Sosial pada remaja di Jakarta Selatan. Kata Kunci :Alexithymia, Kecanduan Media Sosial, Remaja     ABSTRACT   Alexithymia is characterized by an inability to recognize and express emotions and have external oriented thoughts so that they have poor interpersonal relationships. Teenagers with alexithymial tend to become addicted to social media. This study aims to determine the relationship between Alexithymia towards social media addiction in adolescents in South Jakarta. The research subjects were adolescents aged 13-19 years and lived in south Jakarta. Retrieval of the data was using consecutive sampling and snowball sampling method by distributing questionnaires using the googleform link. The number of research subjects was 207 people (41 = men, 166 = women). The scale was used is the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Social Media Disorder (SMD). Data analysis using the chi-square method in SPSS 25. The results showed that 85 people had alexithymia, 88 were addicted and 62 people had alexithymia and were addicted to social media. p-value obtained is 0,000. This means that there is a relationship between Alexithymia and Social Media Addiction in adolescents in South Jakarta. Keyword : Adolescents, Alexithymia, Social Media Addiction

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