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. 2017 Sep 1;19(9):e308. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7819

Table 1.

Summary of Twitter activity by tweet topic.

Topic Total tweets (N=4.34), n (%) Total retweets (N=10.28), n (%) Mean retweets per tweet Total favorites (N=3.57), n (%) Mean favorites per tweet
Acute respiratory infections 139 (32) 318 (31) 2.3 126 (35) 0.91
Neonatology 43 (10) 92 (9) 2.1 23 (6) 0.53
Airways 42 (10) 80 (8) 1.9 47 (13) 1.1
Anxiety, depression, and neurosis 22 (5) 43 (4) 2 11 (3) 0.5
Cystic fibrosis and genetic disorders 22 (5) 19 (2) 0.86 4 (1) 0.18
Fertility regulation 21 (4.8) 36 (4) 1.7 9 (3) 0.43
Infectious diseases 21 (4.8) 45 (4) 2.1 16 (5) 0.76
Injuries 21 (4.8) 35 (3) 1.7 4 (1) 0.19
Pain, palliative and supportive care 21 (4.8) 76 (7) 3.6 34 (10) 1.6
Psychosocial and learning problems 21 (4.8) 43 (4) 2 8 (2) 0.38
Skin disorders 21 (4.8) 18 (2) 0.86 12 (3) 0.57
Cancer 20 (4.6) 134 (13) 3.4 29 (8) 0.73
Public health 20 (4.6) 89 (9) 4.5 34 (10) 1.7
Total 434 1028 2.23 357 0.74