Using google trends to predict COVID-19 vaccinations and monitor search behaviours about vaccines: A retrospective analysis of italian data

A Maugeri, M Barchitta, A Agodi - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Google Trends data are an efficient source for analysing internet search behaviour and
providing valuable insights into community dynamics and health-related problems. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends

A Khakimova, L Abdollahi, O Zolotarev, F Rahim - Vaccine: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines have become available; now,
everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated. We used Google Trends (GT) data to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Google Trends as a predictive tool for COVID-19 vaccinations in Italy: retrospective infodemiological analysis

A Rovetta - JMIRx Med, 2022 - xmed.jmir.org
Background: Google Trends is an infoveillance tool widely used by the scientific community
to investigate different user behaviors related to COVID-19. However, several limitations …

How often people google for vaccination: Qualitative and quantitative insights from a systematic search of the web-based activities using Google Trends

NL Bragazzi, I Barberis, R Rosselli… - Human vaccines & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, more and more people surf the Internet seeking health-related information.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can represent an important …

Silver lining of COVID-19: Heightened global interest in pneumococcal and influenza vaccines, an infodemiology study

JA Paguio, JS Yao, EC Dee - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Health-seeking behaviors change during pandemics and may increase with
regard to illnesses with symptoms similar to the pandemic. The global reaction to COVID-19 …

Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccination in the time of COVID-19: A Google Trends analysis

S Pullan, M Dey - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced many calls for a vaccine. There is growing concern
that vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccination presence will dampen the uptake of a …

Italian adults' likelihood of getting COVID-19 vaccine: a second online survey

LR Biasio, G Bonaccorsi, C Lorini, D Mazzini… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rapid online surveys are an important tool for tracking the public's knowledge and
perceptions during infectious disease outbreaks. In June 2020, during the early phases of …

Reasons for the intention to refuse COVID-19 vaccination and their association with preferred sources of information in a nationwide, population-based sample in Italy …

M Del Riccio, A Bechini, P Buscemi, P Bonanni… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sources of information on health and vaccines such as social media, online forums,
televisions, and newspapers contributed to the spread of information related to COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 symptom-related Google searches and local COVID-19 incidence in Spain: correlational study

AJ Jimenez, RM Estevez-Reboredo, MA Santed… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background COVID-19 is one of the biggest pandemics in human history, along with other
disease pandemics, such as the H1N1 influenza A, bubonic plague, and smallpox …

Utilizing Google trends to monitor coronavirus vaccine interest and hesitancies

E Merrick, JP Weissman, SJ Patel - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Vaccine hesitancy remains a serious challenge for ending the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Digital media has played an immense role in the …