Public awareness for "classic" childhood diseases and inflammatory syndromes in children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Pediatr Nurs
; 66: 191-195, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2000658
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
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). STUDYDESIGN:
In this study, a comparison of five childhood diseases in public search trends with the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome was performed.METHODS:
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.RESULTS:
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. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Better understanding of Google Trends can map public awareness of childhood diseases in terms of time course and search intensity.CONCLUSIONS:
Public interest during the pandemic was generated for diseases with suspected connection to COVID-19, presumably due to media triggers.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pediatr Nurs
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Pediatrics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.pedn.2022.06.015
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