Google search behavior for status epilepticus
Google search behavior for status epilepticus
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DOI：
10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.02.029
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发表时间：
2015-08-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Trinka, Eugen
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作者：
Brigo, Francesco;Trinka, Eugen
背景：数百万人上网冲浪，将其作为医疗保健信息的来源，寻找有关症状、诊断、治疗及其可能的副作用或诊断程序的材料。谷歌是最受欢迎的搜索引擎，患者和医生使用它来搜索在线健康相关信息。本研究旨在评估英语国家中“癫痫持续状态”(SE) 一词的 Google 搜索行为随时间的变化。方法：使用 Google Trends，分析了 2004 年 1 月 1 日至 2014 年 12 月 31 日期间 SE 一词的全球搜索查询数据。通过应用“健康”类别过滤器来分析一段时间内的搜索量数字（下载为 CSV 数据集）。结果：随着时间的推移，SE 一词的研究趋势保持相当稳定。SE 一词的搜索量最大的是美国，其次是印度、澳大利亚、英国、加拿大、荷兰、泰国和德国。大多数与搜索查询相关的术语都与 SE 定义、症状、亚型和治疗相关。某些查询（非惊厥性、局灶性和难治性 SE；SE 定义；SE 指南；SE 症状；SE 管理；SE 治疗）的搜索量随着时间的推移而大幅增加（自 2004 年以来，搜索热度已超过 5000% 的增长）。结论：大多数人使用搜索引擎查找 SE 一词，以获得有关其定义、亚型和管理的信息。最大的搜索量不仅出现在发达国家，也出现在发展中国家，这些国家提高对癫痫的认识仍然是一项具有挑战性的任务，而且公众对癫痫的了解还较少。健康信息搜索（人们在线搜索健康信息的程度）反映了互联网用户对特定疾病的健康相关信息需求。 Google 趋势显示，互联网用户对有关 SE 声音方面的信息（定义、亚型、症状、治疗和指南）有很大需求。政策制定者和神经科学学会有责任努力满足这些信息需求，并更好地向普通大众开展有关 SE 的公共信息活动。 (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
Background: Millions of people surf the Internet every clay as a source of health-care information looking for materials about symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and their possible adverse effects, or diagnostic procedures. Google is the most popular search engine and is used by patients and physicians to search for online health-related information. This study aimed to evaluate changes in Google search behavior occurring in English-speaking countries over time for the term "status epilepticus" (SE).Methods: Using Google Trends, data on global search queries for the term SE between the 1st of January 2004 and 31st of December 2014 were analyzed. Search volume numbers over time (downloaded as CSV datasets) were analyzed by applying the "health" category filter.Results: The research trends for the term SE remained fairly constant over time The greatest search volume for the term SE was reported in the United States, followed by India, Australia, the United kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Thailand, and Germany. Most terms associated with the search queries were related to SE definition, symptoms, subtypes, and treatment. The volume of searches for some queries (nonconvulsive, focal, and refractory SE; SE definition; SE guidelines; SE symptoms; SE management; SE treatment) was enormously increased over time (search popularity has exceeded a 5000% growth since 2004).Conclusions: Most people use search engines to look for the term SE to obtain information on its definition, subtypes, and management. The greatest search volume occurred not only in developed countries but also in developing countries where raising awareness about SE still remains a challenging task and where there is reduced public knowledge of epilepsy.Health information seeking (the extent to which people search for health information online) reflects the health-related information needs of Internet users for a specific disease. Google Trends shows that Internet users have a great demand for information concerning sonic aspects of SE (definition, subtypes, symptoms, treatment, and guidelines). Policy makers and neurological scientific societies have the responsibility to try to meet these information needs and to better target public information campaigns on SE to the general population. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.