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Table 4 Comparison of emotional intensity according to the words used on different dates

From: Analysis of tweets on toothache during the COVID-19 pandemic using the CrystalFeel algorithm: a cross-sectional study

Date Intensity “Corona, Dental Pain” “Corona, Tooth, Pain” “Corona, Toothache” “Covid-19, Dental Pain” “Covid-19, Tooth, Pain” “Covid-19, Toothache” Test statistics p
11 March 2020–31 March 2020 Very negative 4 (57,1)a 6 (46,2)ab 21 (42)ab 5 (22,7)ab 0 (0)b 4 (13,3)ab \({\chi }^{2}\) = 24,498 0.006
Negative 3 (42,9)a 6 (46,2)a 29 (58)ab 16 (72,7)ab 13 (100)b 26 (86,7)ab
Positive 0 (0) 1 (7,7) 0 (0) 1 (4,5) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Total 7 (100) 13 (100) 50 (100) 22 (100) 13 (100) 30 (100)
1 April 2020–30 April 2020 Very negative 6 (46,2) 13 (68,4) 23 (42,6) 9 (45) 11 (42,3) 8 (26,7) \({\chi }^{2}\) = 14,771 0.141
Negative 7 (53,8) 6 (31,6) 31 (57,4) 10 (50) 14 (53,8) 19 (63,3)
Positive 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5) 1 (3,8) 3 (10)
Total 13 (100) 19 (100) 54 (100) 20 (100) 26 (100) 30 (100)
1 May 2020– 31 May 2020 Very negative 1 (100) 7 (43,8) 6 (33,3) 6 (33,3) 2 (18,2) 9 (28,1) \({\chi }^{2}\) = 7,177 0.709
Negative 0 (0) 8 (50) 12 (66,7) 12 (66,7) 9 (81,8) 22 (68,8)
Positive 0 (0) 1 (6,3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3,1)
Total 1 (100) 16 (100) 18 (100) 18 (100) 11 (100) 32 (100)
1 June 2020–30 June 2020 Very negative 0 (0) 3 (60) 3 (33,3) 2 (50) 0 (0) 5 (71,4) \({\chi }^{2}\) = 9,425 0.093
Negative 2 (100) 2 (40) 6 (66,7) 2 (50) 6 (100) 2 (28,6)
Total 2 (100) 5 (100) 9 (100) 4 (100) 6 (100) 7 (100)
Total Very negative 11 (47,8)ab 29 (54,7)b 53 (40,5)ab 22 (34,4)ab 13 (23,2)a 26 (26,3)a \({\chi }^{2}\) = 24,518 0.006
Negative 12 (52,2)ab 22 (41,5)b 78 (59,5)ab 40 (62,5)ab 42 (75)a 69 (69,7)a
Positive 0 (0) 2 (3,8) 0 (0) 2 (3,1) 1 (1,8) 4 (4)
Total 23 (100) 53 (100) 131 (100) 64 (100) 56 (100) 99 (100)
  1. \({\chi }^{2}\): Chi-square test statist; a–b same letters indicate no statistical difference