@inproceedings{6dd0ac2d21e0427181367a96e89a79f6,
title = "#MyIBDHistory on Twitter: Identifying Disease Characteristics Using Personal Tweets",
abstract = "Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is usually classified into Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC). Inconclusive cases are diagnosed with IBD unclassified (IBD-U). In 2018, IBD patients shared their disease history on Twitter and signed their tweets with #MyIBDHistory. In this research, we analyzed those tweets and built a logistic regression classifier that predicts patients' IBD type. We constructed tabular classification features and assessed their importance using the regression coefficients and association rules. We identified key features that distinguished CD from UC and used the classifier to predict the disease type of IBD-U patients. Our results correlated with IBD-related research. The two most prominent features that tilted the classification towards CD were suffering from fistulas or nutrient deficiencies. We identified gender differences in disease perspective prior to diagnosis. The research shows that the personal information shared by patients on Twitter can enhance existing medical knowledge regarding their disease.",
keywords = "Association Rules, Data Analysis, IBD, Logistic Regression, Twitter",
author = "Maya Stemmer and Gilad Ravid and Yisrael Parmet",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by a grant of the ERA-Net Cofund HDHL-INTIMIC (INtesTInal MICrobiomics) under the umbrella of Joint Programming Initiative {"}A healthy diet for a healthy life{"}. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.; 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 ; Conference date: 03-01-2023 Through 06-01-2023",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "3",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "3316--3325",
editor = "Bui, {Tung X.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023",
address = "United States",
}