Google Trends as a predictive tool in the era of COVID-19: a scoping review

被引:6
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作者
Zayed, Berlanty A. [1 ]
Talaia, Ahmed M. [1 ]
Gaaboobah, Mohamed A. [1 ]
Amer, Samar M. [1 ]
Mansour, Fotouh R. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Tanta Univ, Tanta Student Res Acad, Fac Med, Tanta 31111, Egypt
[2] Tanta Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Analyt Chem, Tanta 31111, Egypt
[3] Tanta Univ, Med Campus, Tanta 31111, Egypt
关键词
Google Trends; COVID-19; prediction; outbreak; pandemic; SEARCH TRENDS; OUTBREAK; DISEASE;
D O I
10.1093/postmj/qgad012
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Google Trends has been extensively used in different sectors from finance to tourism, the economy, fashion, the fun industry, the oil trade, and healthcare. This scoping review aims to summarize the role of Google Trends as a monitoring and a predicting tool in the COVID-19 pandemic. Inclusion criteria for this scoping review were original English-language peer-reviewed research articles on the COVID-19 pandemic conducted in 2020 using Google Trends as a search tool. Articles that were in a language other than English, were only in abstract form, or did not discuss the role of Google Trends during the COVID-19 pandemic were excluded. According to these criteria, a total of 81 studies were included to cover the period of the first year after the emergence of the crisis. Google Trends can potentially help health authorities to plan and control pandemics earlier and to decrease the risk of infection among people.
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页码:962 / 975
页数:14
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