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. 2020 Jul 29;22(7):e13979. doi: 10.2196/13979

Table 3.

Frequency analysis of the themes of the tweets on chemotherapy and the Twitter user categories (N=29,904).

Variable n (%)
Themes

Miscellaneous 932 (3.1)

Advice and information 1888 (6.3)

Experience 1847 (6.2)

Misconception 2084 (7.0)

Prayers and wishes 20,288 (67.8)

Seeking medical information/advice 487 (1.6)

Seeking medical/financial help 754 (2.5)

Offering medical/financial help 66 (0.2)

Analogy 1556 (5.2)
Category of users

General users 25,774 (86.2)

Patients with cancer/survivors 854 (2.9)

Relatives/friends of patients with cancer 1913 (6.4)

Cancer specialists 222 (0.7)

Health-related accounts 459 (1.5)

Media-related accounts 680 (2.3)