Table 2.
Ten most common symptom pairs for social media and research study groups based on number of co-occurrences (social media n = 50,426; research study n = 653)
| Social media group | Research study group T1 moderate and severe symptoms |
Research study group T2 severe symptoms only | |||
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| Symptom pair | Co-occurrence (%) |
Symptom pair | Co-occurrence (%) |
Symptom pair | Co-occurrence (%) |
| General aches– headaches |
141 (0.28) | Fatigue–restless sleep | 242 (37.1) | Hot flashes–night sweats | 36 (5.5) |
| Fatigue–general aches | 89 (0.18) | Hot flashes–night sweats |
146 (22.4) | Fatigue–muscle pains | 30 (4.6) |
| Fatigue–nausea | 64 (0.13) | Fatigue–muscle pains | 140 (21.4) | Fatigue–restless sleep | 29 (4.4) |
| Depressed–fatigue | 59 (0.12) | Hot flashes–restless sleep |
126 (19.3) | Joint pains–muscle pains | 29 (4.4) |
| General aches–nausea | 49 (0.10) | Muscle pains–restless sleep |
125 (19.1) | General aches–muscle pains | 27 (4.1) |
| Hot flashes–mood changes |
42 (0.08) | Decreased efficiency– fatigue |
123 (18.8) | Fatigue–lowered work performance | 26 (4.0) |
| Depressed–general aches |
39 (0.08) | Fatigue–night sweats | 121 (18.5) | Hot flashes–restless sleep | 23 (3.5) |
| Fatigue–hot flashes | 31 (0.06) | Night sweats–restless sleep |
120 (18.4) | Decreased efficiency–fatiguea | 22 (3.4) |
| General aches–muscle pains |
31 (0.06) | Depressed–fatigue | 118 (18.1) | Fatigue–nausea | 22 (3.4) |
| Fatigue–headaches | 29 (0.06) | Fatigue–hot flashes | 117 (17.9) | General aches–joint pains | 22 (3.4) |
| Loss of interest in work–lowered work performance |
22 (3.4) | ||||
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Four-way tie for eighth place