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- Infodemiology studies how information spreads to help with public health and policy.
- Wikipedia serves as a key resource for these studies, particularly for tracking views on articles about major neurological diseases.
- The analysis revealed a decline in interest in neurological disease content, especially during the pandemic, highlighting the need for better monitoring to adjust health campaigns.
Article Abstract
Infodemiology is a research discipline that investigates parameters of information distribution in order to support public health and public policy. Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, is commonly used as a source of information for infodemiological studies. Using Pageviews analysis, we descriptively assessed the total monthly number of views of the Wikipedia articles in English describing main neurological diseases in the period from January 2018 to July 2020. Our results show a general trend of a decrease in interest in neurological disease-related pages throughout years and especially during the burst of interest towards coronavirus. The monitoring of infodemiological indicators shall be prioritized to reshape global campaigns and tailored advocacy programs.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7931017 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/neurolint13010006 | DOI Listing |
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