Google searches for the keywords of "wash hands" predict the speed of national spread of COVID-19 outbreak among 21 countries
Google searches for the keywords of "wash hands" predict the speed of national spread of COVID-19 outbreak among 21 countries
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.020
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
15.1
通讯作者：
Chiu, Yu-Chuan
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作者：
Lin, Yu-Hsuan;Liu, Chun-Hao;Chiu, Yu-Chuan
这项研究假设，国家人口的健康素养可能会反映他们的关键字搜索。我们在1月19日至2月18日期间使用谷歌搜索“洗手”和“口罩”作为21个国家国民健康素养的替代，并检查谷歌搜索“洗手”和“口罩”是否会保护21个国家的确诊病例数量增加。2020年，与2020年2月19日至3月10日21个国家中COVID-19传播速度较低相关（Pearson相关系数为-0.70，P < 0.001）。这一结果凸显了公众洗手意识在预防COVID-19疾病传播方面的重要性。
This study hypothesized that national population health literacy might reflect on their keywords searching. We applied Google searches for "wash hands" and "face mask" during January 19 to February 18 as a surrogate of national population health literacy among 21 countries, and examine whether google searches for "wash hands" and "face masks" would protect from increased numbers of confirmed cases of among 21 countries We found the increased google searches for "wash hands" from January 19 to February 18, 2020, correlated with a lower spreading speed of COVID-19 from February 19 to March 10, 2020 among 21 countries (Pearson's correlation coefficient of -0.70, P < 0.001). The result highlights the importance of public awareness of hand washing in preventing COVID-19 disease spreading.