Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study
Depression, anxiety and stress are not trivial conditions applicable for only the weak-hearted. They can be inflicted by anyone of all age groups, gender, race and social status. While some are courageous to acknowledge their condition, others shy away in shame or denial. In this paper, we proposed...
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| description | Depression, anxiety and stress are not trivial conditions applicable for only the weak-hearted. They can be inflicted by anyone of all age groups, gender, race and social status. While some are courageous to acknowledge their condition, others shy away in shame or denial. In this paper, we proposed a “proactive” approach to detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress in an unobtrusive manner by tapping into what Malaysians tweet in Malay language. From this preliminary study, we constructed 165 Malay layman terms which describe depression, anxiety or stress as identified in MDASS-42 scale. Since Twitter is an informal platform, construction of Malay layman terms is an essential step to the detection of candidates. Our study on 1,789 Malay tweets discovered 6 Twitter users as potential candidates, having high frequency of tweets with any of the layman terms. We can conclude that using tweets can be useful in unobtrusively detecting candidates of depression, anxiety or stress. This paper also identifies open research areas. |
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| spelling | iium-797332020-04-16T03:40:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79733/ Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study Maskat, Ruhaila Nasrudin, Muhammad Zahier Musa, Ramli HS Societies secret benevolent etc RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Depression, anxiety and stress are not trivial conditions applicable for only the weak-hearted. They can be inflicted by anyone of all age groups, gender, race and social status. While some are courageous to acknowledge their condition, others shy away in shame or denial. In this paper, we proposed a “proactive” approach to detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress in an unobtrusive manner by tapping into what Malaysians tweet in Malay language. From this preliminary study, we constructed 165 Malay layman terms which describe depression, anxiety or stress as identified in MDASS-42 scale. Since Twitter is an informal platform, construction of Malay layman terms is an essential step to the detection of candidates. Our study on 1,789 Malay tweets discovered 6 Twitter users as potential candidates, having high frequency of tweets with any of the layman terms. We can conclude that using tweets can be useful in unobtrusively detecting candidates of depression, anxiety or stress. This paper also identifies open research areas. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2019-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79733/13/79733%20Detecting%20candidates%20of%20depression%2C%20anxiety%20and%20stress.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79733/7/79733_Detecting%20candidates%20of%20depression%2C%20anxiety%20and%20stress_scopus.pdf Maskat, Ruhaila and Nasrudin, Muhammad Zahier and Musa, Ramli (2019) Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 16 (2). pp. 787-793. ISSN 2502-4752 E-ISSN 2502-4760 http://ijeecs.iaescore.com/index.php/IJEECS/article/view/19995/13109 10.11591/ijeecs.v16.i2.pp787-793 |
| spellingShingle | HS Societies secret benevolent etc RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Maskat, Ruhaila Nasrudin, Muhammad Zahier Musa, Ramli Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| title | Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| title_full | Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| title_fullStr | Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| title_short | Detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through Malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| title_sort | detecting candidates of depression, anxiety and stress through malay-written tweets: a preliminary study |
| topic | HS Societies secret benevolent etc RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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