Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2021 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidelines on Public Perspectives Toward Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Thematic and Sentiment Analysis on Twitter (Rebranded as X)
Our findings suggest research is needed to inform how best to support patients' engagement with evidence-based care. Furthermore, while patient involvement with ME/CFS research is critical, unmanaged intellectual conflicts of interest may threaten the trustworthiness of research efforts.
Authors
- Cynthia Lokker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2436-4290)
- Wael Abdelkader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-1521)
- Dena Zeraatkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4287-0541)
- Fangwen Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6236-764X)
- Blossom Dharmaraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2699-5136)
- Jason Walter Busse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0178-8712)
- Joseph Gallab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3753-6494)
- Iliya Khakban
- Shagun Jain
Institutions
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/65087
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47