Google Trends (GT) related to influenza

Wiwanitkit, Viroj

doi:10.1590/0102-311xca020615

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“…where the logistic regression models showed better performance when data from Google-Trends were put in the place of predictive variables [50]. Through the parameters of cost, data size, designing difficulty, result assessment difficulty and participative nature of the crowd, an interrelation between active and passive crowdsourcing has been drawn.…”

Section: Web Search Logsmentioning

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Crowdsourcing applications addressing diseases and public health: a perspective on COVID-19 infestation

Mallick

Datta²

2021

Int J Med Res Rev

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The spread of the COVID-19 disease with an unprecedented speed into humans, and the global scaleof its occurrence over multiple geographic locations, since December 2019, in Wuhan, China, hassparked off extensive confusion and debate in public health, giving it the status of a pandemic. Theinability of restraining the outbreak in the early stages, has multiplied the disease risk to fatalcomplications. Crowdsourcing technique can conglomerate crowd knowledge for solving problemsrevolutionizing health care by use of internet sources, data mining, e-health trackers, etc. to collectand assess data faster to the rate of spread of infection, directly from a point source (individual-level). The present study provides perspectives on crowdsourcing in alignment with health care andpublic health services by critically comparing strengths and challenges with traditional methods. Forthe same 3 models have been designed by the authors, for improvement in public health care, in thewake of the COVID-19 infestation.

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Section: Web Search Logsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crowdsourcing applications addressing diseases and public health: a perspective on COVID-19 infestation

Mallick

Datta²

2021

Int J Med Res Rev

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“…Stress and hormones, which were frequently searched by the public on the internet, are also well known to exacerbate acne vulgaris [7,[23][24][25]. Similarly, there are many other studies attempting to estimate epidemiology or track outbreaks of various kinds of diseases, such as influenza, cellulitis, cancer, and tuberculosis, by using the internet [12,26,27].…”

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Public Interest in Acne on the Internet: Comparison of Search Information From Google Trends and Naver

et al. 2020

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Background Acne vulgaris is a common skin disease primarily affecting young adults. Given that the internet has become a major source of health information, especially among the young, the internet is a powerful tool of communication and has a significant influence on patients. Objective This study aimed to clarify the features of patients’ interest in and evaluate the quality of information about acne vulgaris on the internet. Methods We compared the search volumes on acne vulgaris with those of other dermatological diseases using Google Trends from January 2004 to August 2019. We also determined the search volumes for relevant keywords of acne vulgaris on Google and Naver and evaluated the quality of answers to the queries in KnowledgeiN. Results The regression analysis of Google Trends data demonstrated that the patients’ interest in acne vulgaris was higher than that for other dermatological diseases, such as atopic dermatitis (β=−20.33, 95% CI –22.27 to –18.39, P<.001) and urticaria (β=−27.09, 95% CI –29.03 to –25.15, P<.001) and has increased yearly (β=2.38, 95% CI 2.05 to 2.71, P<.001). The search volume for acne vulgaris was significantly higher in the summer than in the spring (β=–5.04, 95% CI –9.21 to –0.88, P=.018) and on weekends than on weekdays (β=–6.68, 95% CI –13.18 to –0.18, P=.044). The most frequently searched relevant keywords with “acne vulgaris” and “cause” were “stress,” “food,” and “cosmetics.” Among food, the 2 highest acne vulgaris–related keywords were milk and wheat in Naver and coffee and ramen in Google. The queries in Naver KnowledgeiN were mostly answered by a Korean traditional medicine doctor (53.4%) or the public (33.6%), but only 12.0% by dermatologists. Conclusions Physicians should be aware of patients’ interest in and beliefs about acne vulgaris to provide the best patient education and care, both online and in the clinic.

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