Unraveling dental caries misinformation: Identifying predictive factors for engagement on Instagram.

Objective: This study aimed to identify predictive factors for engagement with dental caries-related posts on Instagram.

Methods: Using CrowdTangle, 10,000 English-language posts were retrieved based on total interactions. From these, 2063 posts were evaluated using predetermined inclusion criteria, and a final sample of 500 posts was selected.

Factors driving misinformation production and user engagement with toothache content on Facebook.

This study characterized toothache-related Portuguese Facebook posts, identifying factors driving misinformation production and user engagement. Investigators qualitatively analyzed 500 posts published between August 2018 and August 2022, screening on language and theme. Posts were selected using CrowdTangle and assessed for motivation, author profile, content, sentiment, facticity, and format.

Ethical considerations of public health surveillance in the age of the internet of things technologies: A perspective.

In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), ethical considerations of digitally-led public health surveillance are crucial. However, their application becomes complicated due to an implicit dichotomy of ethical and legal factors. Decision-makers often omit ethical considerations, citing legal ones to justify how public health surveillance is approached and implemented.

A study of Facebook comments regarding amber teething necklaces: insights into public perception.

Purpose: To qualitatively analyse English-language Facebook comments pertaining to amber necklaces, aiming to explore user experiences, perceptions, and beliefs.

Methods: A sample of 1000 comments, totalling 2309 sentences, was collected via CrowdTangle. Sociodemographic details and the time elapsed since comment were also recorded.

Analysis of Google users' interests in information about pacifiers: an ecological digital study.

Purpose: To determine the interests of Google users from different countries about pacifier-related information over time, through a quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Methods: This infodemiology longitudinal retrospective ecological study investigated pacifier-related computational metadata from 22 countries using Google Trends platform. Initially, Relative Search Volume (RSV) time series data and their respective main queries were collected employing the topic "pacifier - subject" as the search strategy from January 2004 to June 2024, considering all categories.