Exploring nutritional supplement use for countering respiratory tract infections through an X (formerly Twitter)-based survey

作者：Rajeev K. Singla, Himel Mondal, Shailja Singla, Ronita De, Sahar Behzad, Mihnea‐Alexandru Găman, Siva Sai Chandragiri, Merisa Cenanovic, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Jennifer R. Depew, Hemanth Kumar Boyina, Abdulkadir Yusif Maigoro, Soojin Lee, Omar M. Atrooz, Gitishree Das, Fabien Schultz, Emad M. Abdallah, Hitesh Chopra, Jamil Ahmad, Rupesh K. Gautam, Sourav S. Patnaik, Bey Hing Goh, Smith B. Babiaka, Sharad Vats, Michael P. Okoh, Atallah F. Ahmed, Ankit Kumar Dubey, Ronan Lordan, Parasuraman Aiya Subramani, Amit Kumar Singh, José M. Álvarez-Suárez, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Shravan Kumar Paswan, Prabhakar Semwal, Johra Khan, Sadeeq Muhammad Sheshe, Neeraj Kumar Sethiya, Tomasz M. Karpiński, Muhammad Riaz, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Girish Kumar Gupta, Reecha Madaan, Suresh Kumar, Neeraj Choudhary, Salvatore Parisi, Harald Willschke, V. Pirgozliev, Rehab Α. Rayan, Valentin Ritschl, Shaikat Mondal, Gökhan Zengin, Pritt Verma, Bhupinder Kapoor, Monica Gulati, Gareeballah Osman Adam, DucSon NguyenTrung Le, Valeria Pittalà, Amr El‐Demerdash, Garba M. Khalid, Jesús Simal‐Gándara, Qushmua Alzahrani, Gian Luigi Russo, Kiran R. Kharat, Anupam Bishayee, Dongdong Wang, İlkay Erdoğan Orhan, Hammad Ullah, Michael Heinrich, Bikash Baral, Nikolay Tzvetkov, Andy Wai Kan Yeung, João Dias-Ferreira, Scarlett Perez Olea, Yugal Kishore Mohanta, Azazahemad A. Kureshi, Claudiu T. Supuran, Neeraj Rani, Rohit Gundamaraju, Eoghan J. Mulholland, Sara Di Lonardo, Albena T. Dinkova‐Kostova, Elena González‐Burgos, Lucian Hriţcu, Pravin Badhe, Abhilasha Singh, Fuad Al‐Rimawi, Antoni Sureda, Rambod Abiri, Nady Braidy, Lorenz Kapral, Aminu Abdullahi, Christhian Delfino Villanueva Medina, Helen Sheridan, Massimo Lucarini, Alessandra Durazzo, Francesca Giampieri, Davide Barreca, Witkowska Anna Maria, José Carlos Andrade, Carmela Fimognari, Faizan Akram, Aleksei Tikhonov, Maurizio Battino, Akolade R. Oladipupo, Mila Emerald, Thomas Efferth, Saïd Amrani, Javier Echeverría, Anna Maria Louka, Surya Kant Tripathi, Bernd L. Fiebich, Nour‐Eddine Es‐Safi, Shafaat Yar Khan, Vivek P. Chavda, Muhammad Asim Masoom Zubair, Samrina Hussain, Muhammad Fasih Ur Rahman, Joy Ifunanya Odimegwu, Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk, Hari Prasad Devkota, Alejandro Cifuentes, Rupinder Kaur Sodhi, Antonello Santini, Ourlad Alzeus G. Tantengco, Sandeep R. Pai, Ananda Kumar Chettupalli, Sebastian Granica, Nikola M. Stojanović, Devesh Tewari, Vineet Mittal, Vandana Garg, Mohammad Akhlaquer Rahman, Rajan Logesh, Ioana Berindan‐Neagoe, Rohit Sharma, Artur Jóźwik, Maima Matin, Emil D. Parvanov, Nina Strzałkowska, Farhan Bin Matin, Olena Litvinova, Jivko Stoyanov, Monika Michalczuk, Ewelina Zima-Kulisiewicz, Okyaz Eminağa, Awanish Mishra, Nishat Jahan, Joanna Bensz, Tanuj Joshi, Aman Upaganlawar, Kiran Patni, Aleksandra Zielińska, Dalibor Hrg, Artur Stolarczyk, Olga Adamska, George Perry, Michał Ławiński, Agnieszka Kamińska, Mario Štefanović, Bodrun Naher Siddiquea, Sara Frazzini, Luciana Rossi, Marek Wieczorek, Michel‐Edwar Mickael, Leif‐Alexander Garbe, Atanas G. Atanasov, Bairong Shen · 发表于：Current Research in Biotechnology · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1016/j.crbiot.2025.100282 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Social Media in Health Education、Health Literacy and Information Accessibility、Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

• Over half of respondents use nutritional supplements to manage respiratory infections. • Frequently used supplements included vitamins D and C, minerals, honey, garlic, and ginger. • Sentiment analysis showed public trust and positivity toward supplements for respiratory health. • The study showed social media’s value in collecting large-scale data for health-related research. Respiratory tract infections are a common health issue, driving interest in preventive strategies like nutritional supplements, while evidence on their usage and effectiveness remains limited. In this context, social media platforms, particularly X (formerly Twitter), provide a unique opportunity to gather large-scale public health-related data. In this study, we aimed to survey participants’ uses and opinions on nutritional supplements in prevention or treatment of respiratory tract infections, by using X. A survey was conducted between 1st and 15th December 2022. A single open-ended question “Which are the best dietary supplements to counteract respiratory infections?“ was asked. One week after the start of the survey, a poll was posted to get more relevant information and boost the survey’s reach. Total endorsements were calculated for each tweet posted as the total sum of replies, retweets, and likes. The open-ended question received a total of 118 retweets, 39 quotes, and 371 likes, while the poll received 56 retweets, 13 quotes, and 67 likes. A total of 495 replies, 2,251 retweets, 5,118 likes, ...