Predicting the future: Diabetes and Brexit

Holt, Richard

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“…Tweets related to this highlighted the importance of protecting medication imports. The worries about imports are supported by Holt et al [46], who noted that only animal insulin is manufactured in the United Kingdom, with Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi having to import their insulins.…”

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Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts

Golder¹,

Bach²,

O’Connor³

et al. 2021

JMIR Diabetes

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Background Diabetes mellitus is a major global public health issue where self-management is critical to reducing disease burden. Social media has been a powerful tool to understand public perceptions. Public perception of the drugs used for the treatment of diabetes may be useful for orienting interventions to increase adherence. Objective The aim of this study was to explore the public perceptions of anti-diabetic drugs through the analysis of health-related tweets mentioning such medications. Methods This study uses an infoveillance social listening approach to monitor public discourse using Twitter data. We coded 4000 tweets from January 1, 2019 to October 1, 2019 containing key terms related to anti-diabetic drugs by using qualitative content analysis. Tweets were coded for whether they were truly about an anti-diabetic drug and whether they were health-related. Health-related tweets were further coded based on who was tweeting, which anti-diabetic drug was being tweeted about, and the content discussed in the tweet. The main outcome of the analysis was the themes identified by analyzing the content of health-related tweets on anti-diabetic drugs. Results We identified 1664 health-related tweets on 33 anti-diabetic drugs. A quarter (415/1664) of the tweets were confirmed to have been from people with diabetes, 17.9% (298/1664) from people posting about someone else, and 2.7% (45/1664) from health care professionals. However, the role of the tweeter was unidentifiable in two-thirds of the tweets. We identified 13 themes, with the health consequences of the cost of anti-diabetic drugs being the most extensively discussed, followed by the efficacy and availability. We also identified issues that patients may conceal from health care professionals, such as purchasing medications from unofficial sources. Conclusions This study uses an infoveillance approach using Twitter data to explore public perceptions related to anti-diabetic drugs. This analysis gives an insight into the real-life issues that an individual faces when taking anti-diabetic drugs, and such findings may be incorporated into health policies to improve compliance and efficacy. This study suggests that there is a fear of not having access to anti-diabetic drugs due to cost or physical availability and highlights the impact of the sacrifices made to access anti-diabetic drugs. Along with screening for diabetes-related health issues, health care professionals should also ask their patients about any non–health-related concerns regarding their anti-diabetic drugs. The positive tweets about dietary changes indicate that people with type 2 diabetes may be more open to self-management than what the health care professionals believe.

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Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts

Golder¹,

Bach²,

O’Connor³

et al. 2021

JMIR Diabetes

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Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts (Preprint)

Golder¹,

Bach²,

O’Connor³

et al. 2020

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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a major global public health issue where self-management is critical to reducing disease burden. Public perception of drugs used to treat the disease may be useful for orienting interventions to increase adherence. OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions of anti-diabetic drugs (ADDs) through the analysis of health-related tweets mentioning such medications. METHODS 4000 tweets from 1st January to 1st October 2019 containing key terms related to ADDs were coded using qualitative content analysis. Tweets were coded for whether they were truly about an ADD, and then whether they were health-related. Health-related tweets were further coded based on who was tweeting, which ADD was being tweeted about, and the content discussed in the tweet. The main outcome of the analysis was the themes identified by analyzing the content of health-related tweets on ADDs. RESULTS 1664 health-related tweets about 33 ADDs were identified. A quarter (298/1664 of tweets were confirmed to have come from people with diabetes, 18% (298/1664) from people posting about someone else, and 3% (45/1664) from healthcare professionals. However, the role of the tweeter was unidentifiable from two-thirds of the tweets. 13 themes were identified, with the health consequences of the cost of ADDs being the most extensively discussed, followed by the efficacy and availability. We also identified issues patients may conceal from healthcare professionals, such as purchasing medications from unofficial sources. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to use Twitter to explore perceptions exclusively related to anti-diabetic drugs. This analysis gives an insight into the real-life issues individuals face when taking ADDs, and such findings may be incorporated into health policies to improve compliance and efficacy. This study suggests there is a fear of not having access to ADDs, whether due to cost or physical availability and also highlights the impact of the sacrifices made to access ADDs. Alongside screening for diabetes-related health issues, HCPs should also ask their patients about any non-health concerns with their ADDs. The positive tweets about dietary changes indicate that people with T2D may be more open to self-management than HCPs believe.

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Predicting the future: Diabetes and Brexit

Cited by 2 publications

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Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts

Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts

Public Perspectives on Anti-Diabetic Drugs: Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Posts (Preprint)

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