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Table 1 Detailed definition of different sentiment categories for HPV vaccines related tweets

From: Optimization on machine learning based approaches for sentiment analysis on HPV vaccines related tweets

Sentiment

Description

Positive

Show positive opinion or prompt the uptake of HPV vaccine

Negative

Safety

Concerns or doubt on the safety issues of HPV vaccine or present vaccine injuries

Efficacy

Concerns or doubt on the effectiveness of HPV vaccine

Cost

Concerns on the cost of HPV vaccine (e.g.: money or time)

Resistant

Resistance to HPV vaccines due to cultural or emotional issues

Others

Other concerns

Neutral

Related to HPV vaccine topic but contains no sentiment or sentiment is unclear or contains both negative and positive sentiment

Unrelated

Not related to HPV vaccine topic