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. 2019 Feb 11;5(1):00128-2018. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00128-2018

TABLE 1.

Glossary

Term Definition
Article ID Unique identifier assigned by Social Studio to each downloadable link for social media
Mention Indicates the total number of times a symptom, treatment, diagnostic test or other parameter is mentioned irrespective of the number of posts
Patients' insights Description about patients' perceptions of various aspects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mainly including, but not limited to, symptoms, diagnosis, management and its impact on patients' quality of life, posted by either patients or their caregivers
Post Social media content with a defined article ID
Unique record Pertains to a unique user identifiable by the same content even if the post has a different timestamp
User An individual who posted the content on social media