Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/53332, first published .
Exploring Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discourse on Reddit Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic Using OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo Model: Classification Model Validation and Case Study

Exploring Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discourse on Reddit Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic Using OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo Model: Classification Model Validation and Case Study

Exploring Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discourse on Reddit Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic Using OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo Model: Classification Model Validation and Case Study

Tyler Babinski   1, 2 , BS ;   Sara Karley   3 , BS ;   Marita Cooper   4 , PhD ;   Salma Shaik   2 * , PhD ;   Y Ken Wang   2 * , PhD

1 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

2 Division of Management and Education, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA, United States

3 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Y Ken Wang, PhD
  • Division of Management and Education
  • University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
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