Worsening of attitudes toward epilepsy following less influential media coverage of epilepsy-related car accidents: An infodemiological approach

Wikipedia page views for health research: a review

“…The specific topics explored by the reviewed studies included Dementia (Brigo et al, 2015 ; Alibudbud, 2023b ), fencing response (Roe et al, 2023 ), tumors (e.g., pancreatic tumors, brain tumors, colorectal cancer) (Naik et al, 2021 ; Mondia et al, 2022 ; Gianfredi et al, 2023 ), substance use disorder (Alibudbud and Cleofas, 2022 ), epilepsy (Brigo et al, 2015 ; Okumura et al, 2016 ), schizophrenia (Adams et al, 2020 ), diabetes mellitus (Potapov et al, 2021 ), pain (e.g., migraine, low back pain, inflammation, sciatica) (Brigo et al, 2015 ; Szmuda et al, 2020 ; Ciaffi et al, 2021 ; Potapov et al, 2021 ), cardiovascular diseases (Potapov et al, 2021 ), gastrointestinal conditions (Potapov et al, 2021 ), dermatological agents (Potapov et al, 2021 ), viral infections (e.g., coronavirus, COVID-19, influenza, Chikungunya) (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ; Mahroum et al, 2018 ; Provenzano et al, 2019 ; Qiu et al, 2019 ; Gozzi et al, 2020 ; O'Leary and Storey, 2020 ; De Toni et al, 2021 ; Gianfredi et al, 2021 ; Rutovic et al, 2021 ; Storey and O'Leary, 2022 ), autoimmune conditions (e.g., Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) (Sciascia and Radin, 2017 ) various medications (e.g., Abacavir, Zidovudine) (Sciascia and Radin, 2017 ; Apollonio et al, 2018 ; Darrow and Borisova, 2022 ), different diets (e.g., vegetarian) (Nucci et al, 2021 ), frostbite (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ), hypothermia (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ), carbon monoxide poisoning (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ), hyperthermia (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ), sunburn (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ), insect bites (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ), and women's health-related topic (e.g., discrimination) (Wang and Zhang, 2020 ). Therefore, the reviewed studies have been predominantly used in understanding health information utilization for various communicable and non-communicable diseases.…”

“…Specifically, the present review found that data about Wikipedia page views were used to describe the changes and patterns in the utilization of online health information from Wikipedia at the country and global levels (Laurent and Vickers, 2009 ; Sciascia and Radin, 2017 ; Mahroum et al, 2018 ; Adams et al, 2020 ; Gozzi et al, 2020 ; Szmuda et al, 2020 ; Ciaffi et al, 2021 ; Nucci et al, 2021 ; Rutovic et al, 2021 ; Alibudbud and Cleofas, 2022 ; Mondia et al, 2022 ; Alibudbud, 2023b ; Roe et al, 2023 ). In addition, it has also been utilized to assess the impact of public events, such as a celebrity's announcement of a disease, the death of a celebrity, media coverage of accidents and epilepsy, on public interest and information usage about different health-related Wikipedia pages (Brigo et al, 2015 ; Okumura et al, 2016 ; Naik et al, 2021 ; Gianfredi et al, 2023 ).…”

Internet survey on knowledge and perceptions of epilepsy among the general public in Japan

“…The association between the words “epilepsy” and “danger” was more robust in 2013 compared with that in 2010; however, the association was weaker in 2016 compared with that in 2013 [ 15 ]. Another previous study suggested that media coverage in 2015 was less influential than media coverage in 2011 and 2012 [ 25 ]. Our survey revealed no significant differences in knowledge about epilepsy among different age groups.…”