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Mining Twitter to Assess the Determinants of Health Behavior towards Palliative Care in the United States

2020-03-30 health informatics Title + abstract only
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Palliative care is a specialized service with proven efficacy in improving patients quality-of-life. Nevertheless, lack of awareness and misunderstanding limits its adoption. Research is urgently needed to understand the determinants (e.g., knowledge) related to its adoption. Traditionally, these determinants are measured with questionnaires. In this study, we explored Twitter to reveal these determinants guided by the Integrated Behavioral Model. A secondary goal is to assess the feasibility of...

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