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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Global search trends on common vaccine-related information in English on the Internet.

Vijay Rampally, Himel Mondal, Shaikat Mondal

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Vijay RampallyDepartment of General Medicine, ESI Medical College, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Himel MondalDepartment of Physiology, Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital, Balangir, Odisha, India.
Shaikat MondalDepartment of Physiology, Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India.
Raiganj University · IN

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Abstract

backgroundThe knowledge about Internet search trends helps to know the information-seeking behavior of the Internet users and this would help in formulating Information Education and Communication strategy.

aimThe aim of this study was to explore the global Internet search trends about vaccine-related information in English. MATERIALS AND

methodsFirst, we conducted a pilot interview with 15 participants (convenience sample from a tertiary care hospital) to make a list of five common query keywords (viz., When, Where, Cost, Side effect, Schedule) for vaccine-related search. Then, we obtained the search trends from "Google trends" for 5 years with the five query keywords prefixed with vaccine (e.g. vaccine when). In the second phase, individual vaccine search was conducted with a particular vaccine name and query keyword (e.g. measles vaccine side effect).

resultsFive-year search trend showed that the highest volume of search was for "schedule" (36.79%), followed by "when" (26.57%), "cost" (21.97%), and "where" (11.99%). The "side effect" showed the lowest volume of search (2.68%) (χ

conclusionThis study provides a glimpse of global vaccine-related search trends over a period of 5 years. Information on the "schedule" and "when" to get the vaccine should be strengthened for wider dissemination of knowledge.

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Google trendsimmunizationinformation-seeking behaviorvaccination

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PMID32318405
PMCPMC7113945
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