Kazi, Abdul Momin Ahsan, Nazia Jabeen, Rawshan Allana, Raheel Jamal, Saima Mughal, Muhammad Ayub Khan Hopkins, Kathryn L Malik, Fauzia Aman
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JMIR infodemiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on different countries because of which various health and safety measures were implemented, with digital media playing a pivotal role. However, digital media also pose significant concerns such as misinformation and lack of direction. We aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19-related infodemics ...
Öntaş, Eray Bahar-Özvarış, Şevkat Şimşek, Burcu
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction The accuracy and reliability of health information disseminated through news is crucial, as it directly impacts both individual and societal health outcomes. This study aims to analyze the publication process of health content in Türkiye and its implications for public health. By examining the perspectives of various health communicati...
Castillo-Toledo, Consuelo Fraile-Martínez, Oscar Donat-Vargas, Carolina Lara-Abelenda, F. J. Ortega, Miguel Angel Garcia-Montero, Cielo Mora, Fernando Alvarez-Mon, Melchor Quintero, Javier Alvarez-Mon, Miguel Angel
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
Introduction Cocaine abuse represents a major public health concern. The social perception of cocaine has been changing over the decades, a phenomenon closely tied to its patterns of use and abuse. Twitter is a valuable tool to understand the status of drug use and abuse globally. However, no specific studies discussing cocaine have been conducted ...
Abuhaloob, Lamis Purnat, Tina D. Tabche, Celine Atwan, Zeenah Dubois, Elizabeth Rawaf, Salman
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) defined an infodemic as an overabundance of information, accurate or not, in the digital and physical space, accompanying an acute health event such as an outbreak or epidemic. It can impact people’s risk perceptions, trust, and confidence in the health system, and health workers. As an immediate res...
Ueda, Ryuichiro Han, Feng Zhang, Hongjian Aoki, Tomohiro Ogasawara, Katsuhiko
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JMIR infodemiology
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted global behavioral restrictions, impacting public mental health. Sentiment analysis, a tool for assessing individual and public emotions from text data, gained importance amid the pandemic. This study focuses on Japan's early public health interventions during COVID-19, utilizing sentiment analysis in infodemiology to ...
Nădășan, Valentin Kasza, Dalma Kiss, Konrád-Ottó Maior, David Mărușteri, Marius
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The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Introduction Healthcare-associated infections have a significant impact on public health, and many patients and their next-of-kin are seeking information on the internet. The study aimed to assess the quality of online written content about healthcare-associated infections available in English, Romanian, and Hungarian languages. Materials and metho...
Mathieson, Stephanie O'Keeffe, Mary Traeger, Adrian C Ferreira, Giovanni E Abdel Shaheed, Christina
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Drug and alcohol review
The increasing number of gabapentinoid (pregabalin and gabapentin) harms, including deaths observed across countries is concerning to health-care professionals and policy makers. However, it is unclear if the public shares these concerns. This study aimed to describe posts related to gabapentinoids, conduct a content analysis to identify common the...
Cuff, Jordan P Dighe, Shrinivas Nivrutti Watson, Sophie E Badell-Grau, Rafael A Weightman, Andrew J Jones, Davey L Kille, Peter
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JMIR infodemiology
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid real-time surveillance of epidemiological data to advise governments and the public, but the accuracy of these data depends on myriad auxiliary assumptions, not least accurate reporting of cases by the public. Wastewater monitoring has emerged internationally as an accurate and objective means for assessing ...
Scales, David Hurth, Lindsay Xi, Wenna Gorman, Sara Radhakrishnan, Malavika Windham, Savannah Akunne, Azubuike Florman, Julia Leininger, Lindsey Gorman, Jack
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JMIR infodemiology
Health misinformation shared on social media can have negative health consequences; yet, there is a dearth of field research testing interventions to address health misinformation in real time, digitally, and in situ on social media. We describe a field study of a pilot program of "infodemiologists" trained with evidence-informed intervention techn...
Oke, Isdin Gaier, Eric D Mantagos, Iason S Shah, Ankoor S
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Ophthalmic epidemiology
To identify periodic trends in internet searches for ocular symptoms and to determine the seasonal peaks and troughs. This cross-sectional study examined publicly available Google Trends data from the United States (01/01/2015 to 12/31/2019). A list of common ocular symptoms was compiled from the American Academy of Ophthalmology Eye Health website...
