Infodemiology for oral health and disease: A scoping review.
Health Info Libr J
; 39(3): 207-224, 2022 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2052480
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Increasing affordability, accessibility and penetration of internet services worldwide, have substantially changed the ways of gathering health-related information. This has led to the origin of concept infodemiology that allows the information to be collected and analysed in near real time. Globally, oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people; thus, volume and profile of oral health searches would help in understanding specific community dental needs and formulation of pertinent oral health strategies.AIM:
To review the published literature on infodemiological aspects of oral health and disease.METHODOLOGY:
This scoping review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Electronic search engines (Google Scholar) and databases (PubMed, Web of science, Scopus) were searched from 2002 onwards.RESULTS:
Thirty-eight articles were included in this review. The infodemiological studies for oral health and disease were mainly used in two domains. Out of 38 articles, 24 accessed the quality of available online information and 15 studied online oral health-related information seeking behaviour.CONCLUSION:
The most commonly searched oral diseases were toothache, oral cancer, dental caries, periodontal disease, oral maxillofacial surgical procedures and paediatric oral diseases. Most of the studies belonged to developed countries and Google was the most researched search engine.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oral Health
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Dental Caries
Type of study:
Reviews
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Info Libr J
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
/
Health Services
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hir.12453
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