SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH, Gera, Germany.
University of Economics in Katowice, Department of Informatics, Katowice, Poland.
J Pediatr Nurs. 2022 Sep-Oct;66:191-195. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.06.015. Epub 2022 Jul 11.
The objective was to analyze in silico public search interest during the COVID-19 pandemic for some classic infectious childhood diseases, e.g., measles, mumps, chickenpox, scarlet fever, and inflammatory diseases like Kawasaki disease and the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS).
In this study, a comparison of five childhood diseases in public search trends with the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome was performed.
Google Trends data for the period of five years for six childhood diseases were used. We used topics coverings all languages worldwide and all connected search queries.
Public search interest decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic for some classic infectious childhood diseases. Search interest for the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, despite strong indication of a connection with COVID-19, remained relatively low compared to Kawasaki disease.
Better understanding of Google Trends can map public awareness of childhood diseases in terms of time course and search intensity.
Public interest during the pandemic was generated for diseases with suspected connection to COVID-19, presumably due to media triggers.
分析 COVID-19 大流行期间一些经典儿童传染病（如麻疹、腮腺炎、水痘、猩红热）和炎症性疾病（如川崎病和儿童炎症性多系统综合征）的公众在线搜索兴趣。
本研究比较了五种儿童疾病与儿童炎症性多系统综合征的公众搜索趋势。
使用了 Google Trends 五年内六种儿童疾病的数据。我们使用了涵盖全球所有语言和所有相关搜索查询的主题。
COVID-19 大流行期间，一些经典的儿童传染病的公众在线搜索兴趣下降。尽管儿童炎症性多系统综合征与 COVID-19 有很强的关联，但与川崎病相比，其搜索兴趣仍然相对较低。
更好地理解 Google Trends 可以根据时间进程和搜索强度来描绘公众对儿童疾病的认识。
大流行期间，公众对疑似与 COVID-19 有关的疾病产生了兴趣，这可能是由于媒体的触发。
