Table 1 Descriptions of properties of the extracted tweets
Properties | Descriptions |
|---|---|
Matched profile | Searching for stenosis and/or spinal stenosis |
Content snippet | Any tweets mention the search terms (i.e., stenosis, or spinal stenosis) |
Original Twitter user's home page | A link to the homepage of the user who posted the tweet |
Original tweet link | A link to the user's original tweet |
Sentiment | The tweets that mentioned some simple or typical words about emotions (e.g., happy or sad) |
Post type | The format of tweets (i.e., text, link, image, or video) |
The type of sentence appears | The type of tweets (i.e., comment, new host, twitter reply, question) |
Retweets | Number of tweets is retweeted by other users |
Followers | Number of followers or subscribers |
Data source | The location that the tweet was posted (i.e., region, country) |
Gender | It shows the gender of a given Twitter user (i.e., female, male, unknown) |
Word count | The number of words in a tweet |