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. 2023 Jul 22;23:132. doi: 10.1186/s12911-023-02216-1

Table 2.

Top-5 words/tokens loading most strongly on each of the learned k = 1…50 topical/thematic bases (row vectors of ϕ), along with the per-topic word occurrence probabilities, from the fitted NMF model (with K = 50 latent bases)

Word 1 Word 2 Word 3 Word 4 Word 5
Topic 1 tylenol (34.7) advil (9.1) tab (2.6) headache (2.5) tabs (2.3)
Topic 2 mg (44.8) tab (2.1) tabs (1.7) capsules (1.4) po (1.3)
Topic 3 fever (33.9) diarrhea (2.5) vomiting (2.4) tylenoladvil (2.3) viral (2.1)
Topic 4 neck (21.1) head (4.2) arm (2.8) headache (2.3) headaches (2.0)
Topic 5 bw (31.2) iron (3.2) tsh (2.3) ferritin (1.9) thyroid (1.7)
Topic 6 work (46.7) social (4.5) stress (3.4) working (3.2) treatment (2.7)
Topic 7 bp (57.8) systolic (3.7) diastolic (3.3) htn (2.7) norvasc (1.5)
Topic 8 sleep (36.9) bed (4.6) sleeping (3.2) apnea (2.5) insomnia (2.2)
Topic 9 anxiety (30.4) anxious (4.3) panic (3.1) social (2.5) counselling (2.4)
Topic 10 flu (36.7) shot (31.9) anaphylactic (3.0) influenza (2.8) ibuprofen (2.0)
Topic 11 weight (32.1) kg (9.0) bmi (4.7) height (3.7) lbs (2.8)
Topic 12 pain (51.7) palpation (1.7) flexion (1.2) physio (1.0) arm (1.0)
Topic 13 ear (31.0) hearing (5.7) ears (5.3) wax (4.9) cerumen (4.8)
Topic 14 eating (4.9) diet (4.3) food (3.6) wt (3.2) snack (2.7)
Topic 15 throat (23.3) sore (12.8) strep (4.0) viral (2.8) nodes (2.6)
Topic 16 rx (43.4) shingrix (1.4) ativan (1.3) ra (1.3) abx (1.2)
Topic 17 meds (43.1) bmd (1.3) vit (1.2) chronic (1.1) bone (1.1)
Topic 18 pap (12.4) bleeding (3.8) vaginal (2.6) discharge (2.4) pelvic (2.3)
Topic 19 vaccine (20.5) influenza (8.2) flu (7.8) allergy (5.6) fever (5.2)
Topic 20 dose (31.3) medication (9.8) immunization (5.0) injection (3.8) shingrix (2.7)
Topic 21 breast (26.7) cancer (3.2) nipple (3.0) mammogram (2.4) lump (2.2)
Topic 22 medications (14.6) allergy (6.4) drug (5.0) capsules (5.0) capsule (4.7)
Topic 23 cough (25.7) sob (3.1) ventolin (2.9) asthma (2.6) coughing (2.5)
Topic 24 bilat (26.4) masses (2.1) neuro (1.9) limbs (1.8) head (1.7)
Topic 25 heart (19.7) bpm (17.2) systolic (16.2) diastolic (16.0) bp (2.4)
Topic 26 urine (13.6) uti (6.8) urinary (4.3) dysuria (3.8) hematuria (3.4)
Topic 27 eye (27.5) vision (5.6) drops (4.9) eyes (4.5) discharge (3.9)
Topic 28 symptoms (41.6) nausea (1.6) urinary (1.6) headache (1.4) gi (1.2)
Topic 29 foot (11.9) swelling (7.3) ankle (4.2) toe (3.7) feet (2.3)
Topic 30 sx (41.1) neuro (3.0) gi (2.5) urinary (2.0) melena (1.5)
Topic 31 mother (29.6) father (5.5) parents (2.1) sister (2.0) mothers (1.6)
Topic 32 mood (22.3) cipralex (4.3) depression (3.1) counselling (3.0) speech (2.7)
Topic 33 exercise (6.1) diet (5.0) ldl (3.4) screening (2.0) cancer (2.0)
Topic 34 tablets (27.3) tablet (26.4) medications (7.0) oral (4.6) mg (3.9)
Topic 35 rn (24.1) immunization (3.4) injection (2.8) baby (2.4) arm (1.8)
Topic 36 er (23.9) felt (5.3) head (3.5) ct (3.4) sob (2.4)
Topic 37 covid (22.7) health (13.6) physical (13.3) emergency (10.5) pandemic (4.1)
Topic 38 back (48.7) spine (2.1) lumbar (1.7) flexion (1.7) physio (1.5)
Topic 39 mom (36.2) dad (2.9) parents (2.0) baby (1.8) feeding (1.4)
Topic 40 chest (27.5) sob (4.2) cvs (3.0) edema (1.9) palpitations (1.8)
Topic 41 knee (28.7) swelling (4.7) oa (3.2) joint (2.6) medial (2.5)
Topic 42 blood (30.9) pressure (13.6) medication (3.0) pulse (2.6) pounds (2.2)
Topic 43 family (8.2) social (5.8) counselling (4.2) husband (4.0) daughter (3.8)
Topic 44 feeling (39.6) felt (4.6) tired (2.8) anxious (2.6) treatment (1.6)
Topic 45 feels (50.4) felt (2.5) tired (1.3) stress (1.3) anxious (1.2)
Topic 46 hip (23.4) xray (4.8) oa (3.4) physio (2.6) flexion (2.0)
Topic 47 nasal (19.1) sinus (6.0) congestion (5.8) nose (3.8) nasonex (3.4)
Topic 48 skin (13.1) rash (8.5) cream (4.3) derm (3.3) lesions (2.9)
Topic 49 referral (32.4) derm (3.2) ent (1.8) gi (1.6) mri (1.5)
Topic 50 abdo (13.5) diarrhea (3.6) stool (3.3) bm (2.9) masses (2.6)