Analysis of Acute Non-specific Back Pain Content on TikTok: An Exploratory Study

Zheluk, Andrey; Anderson, Judith; Dineen-Griffin, Sarah

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“…This study is based on methods of social media analysis developed by Zheluk, Anderson and Dineen Griffin for their analysis of TikTok low back pain content [30]. We adapted the methods to this study in the following ways.…”

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Adolescent Anxiety and TikTok. An exploratory study

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Dineen-Griffin

2022

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INTRODUCTION Social media is ubiquitous in adolescents lives. TikTok is a medium primarily used by adolescents and young adults under 30 years. TikTok is thus an appropriate social media platform with which to examine discussions of anxiety among this age cohort. In this exploratory mixed-methods study we aimed to evaluate the scope of anxiety content available on TikTok in English in December 2021, and to further develop methods for analysing TikTok content. METHOD: We analysed a data set of 147 TikToks with the hashtag #anxiety. The data set consisted both of metadata and TikTok videos. This data set represented 18% of all TikToks featuring the hashtag #anxiety in December 2021. We examined the following research questions (RQs). RQ1: What are the creator identities reflected in the final data set in this study?; RQ2: What are the metadata characteristics of the TikToks in the final data set?; RQ3: What are the anxiety content themes in the final data set?; and RQ4: What are the characteristics of the data set based on an anxiety management reference checklist? RESULTS Influencers were the most frequent creator identity in our data set. Influencers comprised 85.5% of the 147 TikToks in our final data set. We coded 79 (54%) female and 45 male (31%) influencers. We found male influencers created the most played (mean 81 147 062), and most liked (mean 1 510 585) TikToks. We found content themes varied by influencer gender. Notable finding were: the greater use of humour by males (22.7% males; n=10, and females 12.7%; n=10); and inspiration (38.6%; males n=17; and 13.9%; females n=11). Among female influencers, we identified self-disclosure as the most common theme (n= 40 and 50.6% compared with n=11 and 25% male influencers). Overall, we found limited references to evidence-based anxiety self-care content in our final data set. DISCUSSION We suggest that the TikToks in our data set were primarily directed at raising awareness of and de-stigmatising anxiety symptoms. TikTok anxiety content may be viewed by adolescents for emotional self-regulation, beyond evidence-based health information seeking. Self-disclosure on TikTok may also provide symptomatic relief to adolescents with anxiety. We suggest that gender is a salient factor when considering TikTok content. CONCLUSIONS Our content findings are broadly consistent with previous research into adolescent use of social media. This research also provides methodological insights for researchers and clinicians seeking to understand TikTok, and to develop engaging content targeted at the specific concerns and preferences of adolescent TikTok consumers.

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Adolescent Anxiety and TikTok. An exploratory study

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Dineen-Griffin

2022

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“…This study is based on methods of social media analysis developed by Zheluk, Anderson and Dineen-Griffin for their analysis of TikTok low back pain content [ 30 ]. We adapted their methods to this study in the following ways.…”

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“…In their research, physician-created videos were in aggregate most closely concordant with scientific evidence. In another study, Zheluk and colleagues found chiropractors consistently produced TikToks with limited scientific content [ 30 ]. These limited scientific content chiropractic TikToks were consistently the most viewed.…”

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“…Researchers have incorporated the analysis of metadata elements including views, likes, shares, length when analysing mental health and social media use [ 54 , 56 ]. Researchers have associated aggregated creator identities with metadata elements for both TikToks and YouTube [ 30 , 52 ].…”

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“…The reported positive benefits of social media include identity development and maintaining social connections [ 27 , 28 ]. Other investigators have suggested that TikTok creators offer health advice or discuss health-related topics that receive significant engagement [ 29 , 30 ].…”

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Adolescent Anxiety and TikTok: An Exploratory Study

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Dineen-Griffin³

2022

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IntroductionSocial media is ubiquitous in adolescents' lives. TikTok is a medium primarily used by adolescents and young adults under 30 years. TikTok is thus an appropriate social media platform with which to examine discussions of anxiety among this age cohort. In this exploratory mixed-methods study we aimed to evaluate the scope of anxiety content available on TikTok in English in December 2021, and to further develop methods for analysing TikTok content. MethodsWe analysed a data set of 147 TikToks with the hashtag #anxiety. The data set consisted both of metadata and TikTok videos. This data set represented 18% of all TikToks featuring the hashtag #anxiety in December 2021. We examined the following research questions (RQs). RQ1: What are the creator identities reflected in the final data set in this study?; RQ2: What are the metadata characteristics of the TikToks in the final data set?; RQ3: What are the anxiety content themes in the final data set?; and RQ4: What are the characteristics of the data set based on an anxiety management reference checklist? This study involves public data that can reasonably be observed by strangers. This study does not include any identifiable human participants. ResultsInfluencers were the most frequent creator identity in our data set. Influencers comprised 85.5% of the 147 TikToks in our final data set. We coded 79 female (54%) and 45 male (31%) influencers. We found male influencers created the most played (mean 8,114,706), and most liked (mean 1,510,585) TikToks. We found content themes varied by influencer gender. The notable findings were (a) the greater use of humour by males (22.7% males; n=10, and females 12.6%; n=10); and (b) inspiration (38.7%; males n=17; and 13.9%; females n=11). Among female influencers, we identified self-disclosure as the most common theme (n= 40 and 50.7% compared with n=11 and 25% male influencers). Overall, we found limited references to evidencebased anxiety self-care content in our final data set. DiscussionWe suggest that the TikToks in our data set were primarily directed at raising awareness of and destigmatising anxiety symptoms. TikTok anxiety content may be viewed by adolescents for emotional selfregulation beyond evidence-based health information seeking. Self-disclosure on TikTok may also provide symptomatic relief to adolescents with anxiety. We suggest that gender is a salient consideration when considering TikTok content. ConclusionsOur findings are consistent with existing literature on adolescent social media use and epidemiological data on anxiety. This research also provides methodological insights for researchers and clinicians seeking to understand TikTok, and to develop engaging content targeted at the specific concerns and preferences of adolescent TikTok consumers.

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Quality and educational content of Douyin and TikTok short videos on early screening of rectal cancer

Li,

Luo,

Shu

et al. 2023

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Background and AimThe aim of this study was to assess the quality and content of videos on Douyin and TikTok for their educational role on early screening of rectal cancer (RC).MethodsWe conducted a search for videos related to RC on the Douyin and TikTok applications on 20 April 2023. The search was conducted in Chinese on Douyin and in English and Japanese on TikTok. A sample of the first 100 videos recommended by the software was selected for each language group. The content of the videos was evaluated using a content scorecard, while the quality of the videos was assessed using DISCERN. Subsequently, we conducted two partial correlations: one between the DISCERN score and the number of likes, and another between the video content score and the number of likes.ResultsThis study encompassed a total of 89 Chinese, 54 English, and 51 Japanese videos. After selection, 78 Chinese, 38 English, and 25 Japanese videos were identified to contain content related to early screening for RC, prompting further quality assessment. Notably, videos in the Chinese language showed the highest DISCERN score (P < 0.05). In terms of partial correlation analysis, it was observed that both the content score and DISCERN score did not show a significant correlation with the number of likes (P > 0.05).ConclusionIn terms of quality score and content score, the Chinese videos on Douyin show superiority over the English and Japanese videos on TikTok. However, there is potential for improving the overall appeal of the Chinese videos.

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Analysis of Acute Non-specific Back Pain Content on TikTok: An Exploratory Study

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Adolescent Anxiety and TikTok. An exploratory study

Adolescent Anxiety and TikTok. An exploratory study

Adolescent Anxiety and TikTok: An Exploratory Study

Quality and educational content of Douyin and TikTok short videos on early screening of rectal cancer

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