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Revista Información Científica
versión On-line ISSN 1028-9933
Resumen
IGLESIAS-OSORES, Sebastián; SAAVEDRA-CAMACHO, Johnny Leandro; ALCANTARA-MIMBELA, Miguel y CORDOVA-ROJAS, Lizbeth Maribel. Chlorine dioxide: its impact on internet search trends in times of COVID-19. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2021, vol.100, n.3 Epub 30-Mayo-2021. ISSN 1028-9933.
Introduction:
The increasing worldwide number of cases of COVID-19 has led to the deterioration of mental health and researches of new treatments; this has resulted in an explosion of keyword searches on Internet.
Objective:
This research has described the use of Google Trends to measure the search queries in internet for terms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in different regions of Peru as well as its potential to conduct research on health aspects.
Method:
It was measured the search trends in internet for the term "chlorine dioxide" in the period from June 3 to September 3, 2020. Google trends data were used on a fraction of the keyword searches, and the outcomes were analyzed according to the geographic location and defined period.
Results:
It was found a higher tendency of searching related terms in Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Argentina, and México. A high positive correlation was found between the level of search in Argentina and the number of COVID-19 cases in this country, unlike Peru, Ecuador and Mexico, where the correlation was very low. Instead, in Bolivia there was a very low negative correlation. Google Trends could also potentially define the appropriate time and location to practice risk communication strategies to affected populations.
Conclusions:
An appropriate risk communication could help to prevent the excessive information intakes, which often causes concern or panic in different populations.
Palabras clave : chlorine dioxide; Google Trends; COVID-19; trend; Internet.