Assessing the online search behavior for COVID-19 outbreak: Evidence from Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Google Trends (GT) is an important free tool for online search behavior analysis, which provides access to Internet search patterns in Google. In recent decades, this database has been used for predicting the outbreak of epidemics and pandemics in different regions of the world. The present study aimed to evaluate Iranian users' COVID-19-related online search behavior.

Methods

This longitudinal study was conducted in 2021. The data of Iranian users' COVID-19-related online search behavior (trend) were collected from the GT website, and the epidemiological data of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran from 16 February 2020 to 2 January 2021 were sourced from the Iranian ministry of health and medical education, as well as the World Health Organization. The data were anal

SUBMITTER: Samadbeik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321440 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature