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This study aimed to identify the characteristics of palliative care information on Japanese social media.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Posts published on\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">X<\/jats:italic>\n                      (formerly Twitter) during the first week of each month from January to June 2024 that included 1 or more of the following terms were manually collected: \u201cpalliative care,\u201d \u201cend-of-life care,\u201d or \u201cpalliative medicine.\u201d Posts were analyzed inductively. A Japanese sentiment analysis model was applied to assign a sentiment score (0-1) to each post, with higher scores indicating more positive sentiment. The top 50 posts with the highest sentiment scores and the bottom 50 posts were further analyzed using the same qualitative approach.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 4689 posts were collected; of these, 3806 (81.2%) were related to palliative care. Thirteen categories were identified. The most frequent category was \u201cgeneral explanations about palliative care\u201d (n = 1,280, 27.3%), followed by \u201csharing information about palliative care services\u201d (n = 757, 16.1%). Posts with the lowest sentiment scores included \u201copinions or demands toward end-of-life care systems,\u201d \u201copinions or demands towards medical practice and dissemination of palliative care,\u201d and \u201creporting experiences of patients and informal caregivers.\u201d<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Japanese social media platforms may provide valuable insights into family caregivers\u2019 experiences, potentially representing a resource for assessing the palliative care quality. 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