Table 2.
Thematic analysis of 82 tweets about living organ donation.a
| Theme | Number of tweets | Number of unique Twitter users | Representative tweet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donation Stories | 27 | 7 | Husband Celebrates 20th Anniversary In Hospital By Donating Kidney To Wife [link] |
| News stories | 16 | 6 | Organ donation to be featured on BBC Radio Scotland’s Kaye Adams this morning. Listen to [name’s] remarkable donation story #WeNeedEverybody |
| Research | 12 | 4 | Important article I published re: surgical technique to use living donor kidneys with benign tumors for transplant [link] |
| Patient needs a donor | 11 | 3 | These special grandchildren and [name’s] daughter are seeking a living kidney donor for their grandfather [link] |
| Inside transplant hospitals | 11 | 3 | Live #OrganDonation Tuesday again @[transplant center] First #kidney #Transplant done, starting the second @[transplant surgeon] @[transplant surgeon] |
| International | 10 | 7 | Domesticating Organ Transplant: Familial Sacrifice and National Aspiration in Mexico [link] (via… [link] |
| Quotes from living donors | 9 | 4 | A living kidney donor writes: ‘We need to encourage more donors – living or deceased’ (via @thejournal_ie) |
| Thanking living donors | 4 | 4 | Living donors were responsible for 25 kidney transplants in #Manitoba in 2016. [link] #heros |
| Pediatrics | 4 | 3 | LDLT important option for children as deceased donor population is older & more obese#liveliverdonor |
| Books and movies about living donation | 3 | 2 | Aunt’s life-saving transplant inspired Derry teen to make film [link] |
| Living donor chains | 3 | 2 | Seminole County deputy gets new kidney thanks to 8-person kidney exchange |
| Anniversaries | 2 | 2 | Can not believe this was a year ago, great moments with lovely people [link] |
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Tweets are copied including grammatical errors but with names and links removed.