Table 4.
Number of tweets generated in pre-menopause and post-menopause classified by medical and non-medical content.
| Tweets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Non-medical | Total | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Pre-menopause | ||||||
| Contraception | ||||||
| No surgical | ||||||
| Hormonal contraception* | 54 | 55.67 | 43 | 44.33 | 97 | 100 |
| Specific hormonal contraceptives† | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 83.33 | 6 | 100 |
| Intrauterine device (IUD) | 57 | 78.08 | 16 | 21.92 | 73 | 100 |
| Surgical therapy | ||||||
| Tubal ligation | 1 | 33.33 | 2 | 66.67 | 3 | 100 |
| Vasectomy | 41 | 41.00 | 59 | 59.00 | 100 | 100 |
| Natural family planning | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sexual dysfunction | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Infertility | 4 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 100 |
| Chi2 P-value | <0.001 | |||||
| Post-menopause | ||||||
| Bone health | ||||||
| Osteoporosis (disease) | 70 | 93.33 | 5 | 6.67 | 75 | 100 |
| Osteoporosis prevention/treatment | 3 | 16.67 | 15 | 83.33 | 18 | 100 |
| Sexual dysfunction | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chi2 P-value | <0.001 | |||||
Percentages (%) were calculated with respect to the total number of tweets distributed within the pre-menopause and post-menopause groups. A chi-square test is used to see if the number of tweets for each treatment differs when they have medical or non-medical content.
*
Hormonal contraception includes contraception and birth control pills.
†
Specific hormonal contraceptives include Nexplanon, NuvaRing, Sponge, and ParaGard.