Information-seeking behaviour for epilepsy: an infodemiological study of searches for Wikipedia articles
Information-seeking behaviour for epilepsy: an infodemiological study of searches for Wikipedia articles
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10.1684/epd.2015.0772
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
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2.3
通讯作者：
Trinka, Eugen
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作者：
Brigo, Francesco;Otte, Willem M.;Trinka, Eugen
全世界有数百万人每天使用互联网作为健康信息的来源。维基百科是一个流行的免费在线百科全书，患者和医生使用它来搜索与健康相关的信息。我们的目的是评估英语互联网用户在维基百科上搜索与癫痫和癫痫发作相关的文章的信息寻求行为。使用维基趋势（提供每日文章浏览的定量信息），分析了与癫痫和癫痫发作相关的维基百科文章的全球搜索查询数据。每日维基百科关于晕厥、心因性非癫痫发作、偏头痛和多发性硬化症的文章观点作为比较数据。分析涵盖的时间为 2008 年 1 月至 2014 年 12 月。总体而言，维基百科文章“癫痫和驾驶”比“癫痫和就业”或“儿童癫痫”文章的访问频率更高。自 2008 年 1 月以来，与癫痫、晕厥、心因性非癫痫发作或偏头痛等文章相比，维基百科文章多发性硬化症的访问量更高；癫痫文章在维基百科的访问量中排名第 3,779 位，其访问频率低于多发性硬化症（排名第 571 位）。癫痫文章搜索量的最高峰值恰逢名人癫痫发作的消息。对癫痫发作的恐惧和担忧、其对驾驶和就业的影响以及有关癫痫名人的新闻可能是在维基百科中搜索信息的主要决定因素。
Millions of people worldwide use the internet daily as a source of health information. Wikipedia is a popular free online encyclopaedia used by patients and physicians to search for health-related information. Our aim was to evaluate information-seeking behaviour of English-speaking internet users searching Wikipedia for articles related to epilepsy and epileptic seizures. Using Wiki Trends, which provides quantitative information on daily viewing of articles, data on global search queries for Wikipedia articles related to epilepsy and seizures were analysed. The daily Wikipedia article views on syncope, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, migraine, and multiple sclerosis served as comparative data. The period of analysis covered was from January 2008 to December 2014. Overall, the Wikipedia article epilepsy and driving was found to be more frequently visited than the articles epilepsy and employment or epilepsy in children. Since January 2008, the Wikipedia article multiple sclerosis was more often visited compared to the articles epilepsy, syncope, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures or migraine; the article epilepsy ranked 3,779 and was less frequently visited than multiple sclerosis, ranked at 571, in traffic on Wikipedia. The highest peak in search volume for the article epilepsy coincided with the news of a celebrity having seizures. Fears and worries about epileptic seizures, their impact on driving and employment, and news about celebrities with epilepsy might be major determinants in searching Wikipedia for information.