PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY, MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MAHE) MANIPAL, MANGALORE, KARNATAKA, 575001, India.
ORAL PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY, MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MAHE) MANIPAL, MANGALORE, KARNATAKA, 575001, India.
F1000Res. 2023 Jun 8;12:632. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.130687.1. eCollection 2023.
Infodemic is a neologism of 'information' and 'epidemic' coined in the year 2003. Evidence mapping is a technique to appraise the literature which enables the extent of research activity in a specific area to be discovered. The main objective of this evidence synthesis presents the outcomes of an evidence map that was directed to know the extent of Infodemics and its effects on public health. Methods: The following methods were used to construct this evidence synthesis: Phase I. Construct a Broad Question Referring to the Field of Analysis. Phase II; Defining Key Variables to Be Mapped, identifying the characters of each variable and Outline Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for the variables. Phase III: Literature search. Phase IV: Screening and Charting the Appropriate Evidence within the Synthesis. Results: Authors identified 55 records through database searching, after screening for duplicates, 53 records screened at title/abstract level of which, 16 records were removed because of lack of complete article or articles were not in English. 37 articles were eligible for full text screening, 37 full-text articles were than assessed for eligibility and only 22 articles were included as per inclusion criteria with an interrater Outcome Kappa value: 0.91. The strength of agreement was considered to be 'excellent'. Conclusions: This synthesis focused majorly on the gaps in the research focused on infodemic. The two main gaps identified were lack of systematically conducted research and poor digital health literacy. As infodemic is a new phenomenon with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic it was an eye opener at different levels of public health, furthermore this evidence map points out areas for further research on the impact of infodemic.
信息疫情是 2003 年创造的“信息”和“疫情”两个词的新组合。证据图谱是一种评估文献的技术，它可以发现特定领域研究活动的程度。本次证据综合的主要目的是展示针对信息疫情及其对公共卫生影响程度的证据图谱的结果。方法：采用以下方法构建本证据综合：阶段 I. 构建一个广泛的问题，涉及分析领域。阶段 II：定义要映射的关键变量，确定每个变量的特征，并概述变量的纳入和排除标准。阶段 III：文献检索。阶段 IV：在综合中筛选和绘制适当的证据。结果：作者通过数据库搜索发现了 55 条记录，在筛选重复记录后，在标题/摘要水平上筛选了 53 条记录，其中 16 条记录因缺少完整文章或文章不是英文而被删除。有 37 篇文章符合全文筛选标准，对 37 篇全文文章进行了评估，只有 22 篇文章符合纳入标准，组内一致性kappa 值为 0.91。一致性强度被认为是“极好”。结论：本综合主要关注信息疫情研究中的空白。确定的两个主要空白是缺乏系统开展的研究和数字健康素养差。由于信息疫情是 COVID-19 大流行方面的一个新现象，它在不同层次的公共卫生方面都是一个启示，此外，该证据图谱指出了进一步研究信息疫情影响的领域。
