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9. Google search behavior for meningitis and its vaccines: an infodemiological study

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Perez, John Angelo Luigi S., Espiritu, Adrian I., and Jamora, Roland Dominic G.

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Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Databases, Factual, 020205 medical informatics, Influenza vaccine, Meningococcal Vaccines, 02 engineering and technology, Meningococcal vaccine, Infodemiology, Global Burden of Disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, medicine, Humans, Meningitis, 030212 general & internal medicine, RC346-429, Developing Countries, Information Services, Vaccines, business.industry, Research, Developed Countries, Google Trends™, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Vaccination, Pneumococcal vaccine, BCG Vaccine, Health education, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, Neurology (clinical), business, BCG vaccine
Abstract

Background The internet has made significant contributions towards health education. Analyzing the pattern of online behavior regarding meningitis and vaccinations may be worthwhile. It is hypothesized that the online search patterns in meningitis are correlated with its number of cases and the search patterns of its related vaccines. Methods This was an infodemiological study that determined the relationship among online search interest in meningitis, its worldwide number of cases and its associated vaccines. Using Google Trends™ Search Volume Indices (SVIs), we evaluated the search queries “meningitis,” “pneumococcal vaccine,” “BCG vaccine,” “meningococcal vaccine” and “influenza vaccine” in January 2021, covering January 2008 to December 2020. Spearman rank correlation was used to determine correlations between these queries. Results The worldwide search interest in meningitis from 2008 to 2020 showed an average SVI of 46 ± 8.8. The most searched topics were symptoms, vaccines, and infectious agents with SVIs of 100, 52, and 39, respectively. The top three countries with the highest search interest were Ghana, Kazakhstan, and Kenya. There were weak, but statistically significant correlations between meningitis and the BCG (ρ = 0.369, p ρ = 0.183, p Conclusion The relationships among the Google SVIs for meningitis and its related vaccines and number of cases data were inconsistent and remained unclear. Future infodemiological studies may expand their scopes to social media, semantics, and big data for more robust conclusions.

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2021

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