Table 3.
Tweet contents related to thyroid cancer classified by various types of Twitter users. The percentage represents the row percentage.
| Twitter users | Living with thyroid cancer, n (%) | Treatment, n (%) | Diagnosis, n (%) | Risk factors and prevention, n (%) | Research, n (%) | Entertainment, n (%) | Symptoms, n (%) | Knowledge, n (%) | Prevalence and incidence, n (%) | Awareness, n (%) | Academic, n (%) | Prognosis, n (%) | Advertisement, n (%) |
| Patients | 1501 (47) | 729 (23) | 503 (16) | 72 (2) | 11 (0) | 79 (2) | 251 (8) | 8 (0) | 4 (0) | 41 (1) | 2 (0) | 19 (1) | 5 (0) |
| Inconclusive | 278 (9) | 494 (16) | 395 (12) | 603 (19) | 269 (9) | 404 (13) | 79 (3) | 171 (5) | 161 (5) | 128 (4) | 52 (2) | 98 (3) | 44 (1) |
| Family and friends | 1423 (58) | 483 (20) | 295 (12) | 50 (2) | 1 (0) | 53 (2) | 120 (5) | 0 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 15 (1) | 1 (0) |
| Medical journals and media | 43 (3) | 502 (29) | 174 (10) | 150 (9) | 435 (25) | 31 (2) | 37 (2) | 154 (9) | 80 (5) | 37 (2) | 47 (3) | 37 (2) | 6 (0) |
| Health care professionals | 196 (18) | 280 (26) | 145 (13) | 88 (8) | 121 (11) | 8 (1) | 17 (2) | 104 (10) | 37 (3) | 22 (2) | 31 (3) | 29 (3) | 14 (1) |
| Medical health organization | 72 (8) | 294 (31) | 64 (7) | 151 (16) | 81 (9) | 3 (0) | 32 (3) | 62 (7) | 57 (6) | 53 (6) | 48 (5) | 15 (2) | 8 (1) |
| Patient community | 126 (36) | 58 (17) | 23 (7) | 5 (1) | 14 (4) | 3 (1) | 10 (3) | 16 (5) | 10 (3) | 45 (13) | 35 (10) | 1 (0) | 6 (2) |
| Company | 7 (5) | 44 (32) | 13 (10) | 18 (13) | 20 (15) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 8 (6) | 3 (2) | 9 (7) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 9 (7) |
| Life coach | 4 (13) | 7 (23) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 7 (23) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (30) |