Rutovic Stela, Fumagalli Ana Isabel, Lutsenko Inna, Corea Francesco
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Department of Neurology, Sanatorio Parque, Rosario S2000, Argentina.
Neurol Int. 2021 Feb 10;13(1):59-63. doi: 10.3390/neurolint13010006.
Infodemiology is a research discipline that investigates parameters of information distribution in order to support public health and public policy. Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, is commonly used as a source of information for infodemiological studies. Using Pageviews analysis, we descriptively assessed the total monthly number of views of the Wikipedia articles in English describing main neurological diseases in the period from January 2018 to July 2020. Our results show a general trend of a decrease in interest in neurological disease-related pages throughout years and especially during the burst of interest towards coronavirus. The monitoring of infodemiological indicators shall be prioritized to reshape global campaigns and tailored advocacy programs.
信息流行病学是一门研究信息传播参数以支持公共卫生和公共政策的学科。维基百科，一个免费的在线百科全书，通常被用作信息流行病学研究的信息来源。通过页面浏览量分析，我们描述性地评估了2018年1月至2020年7月期间英文维基百科上描述主要神经系统疾病的文章的每月总浏览量。我们的结果显示，多年来，尤其是在对冠状病毒兴趣爆发期间，对神经系统疾病相关页面的兴趣总体呈下降趋势。应优先监测信息流行病学指标，以重塑全球运动和量身定制宣传计划。
