Table 1.

Topics and associated words for COVID-19–related posts.

Topic number	Topic name	Words
Topic 1	Coping With Poor Mental Health	feel, day, week, work, weight, lose, walk, bit, symptom, bad, lot, gym, night, happen, end, great, covid, felt, ill, diagnosis
Topic 2	Accessing Doctor & Medications and Controlling Blood Glucose	doctor, test, ac, year, insulin, month, metformin, diagnose, low, glucose, diet, week, med, exercise, change, level, stop, reading, check, medication
Topic 3	Changing Food Habits During Pandemic	eat, food, carbs, lot, meal, low, carb, diet, hard, hour, thing, water, keto, fast, cut, easy, glucose, add, stuff, rice
Topic 4	Impact of Stress on Blood Glucose Levels	blood, glucose, high, time, stress, number, long, exercise, bg, body, problem, morning, normal, control, sleep, make, level, effect, change, kind
Topic 5	Changing Status of Employment & Insurance	work, home, hospital, today, time, year, talk, give, advice, wait, insurance, visit, guess, state, order, meter, live, strip, situation, friend
Topic 6	Risk of COVID Complications	covid, type, health, care, risk, sick, control, issue, virus, disease, diabetic, question, pandemic, mask, hand, case, infection, wear, patient, home