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Infodemiology and Infoveillance: Scoping Review
1Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
|April 21, 2020
Summary
Infodemiology uses web data for health analysis, with growing research and popular sources like Twitter. This field is crucial for health informatics, offering faster insights than traditional methods.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Public Health Surveillance
- Digital Epidemiology
Background:
- Infodemiology leverages web-based data for disease analysis, detection, and forecasting.
- It also aids in predicting public behavior towards health topics.
- This field has become integral to health informatics research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review of infodemiology and infoveillance.
- To identify key sources, health categories, and topics.
- To evaluate methods and discuss research gaps.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.
- Data extraction from JMIR, PubMed, and Scopus databases.
- Analysis of 338 publications on infodemiology and infoveillance.
Main Results:
- Most studies (83.4%) were published in JMIR journals.
- Research interest surged, with over half of publications from 2017-2018.
- Twitter (45.0%) and Google (24.6%) were dominant data sources.
- Conditions/diseases (17.2%) and epidemics/outbreaks (15.7%) were primary research topics.
Conclusions:
- Infodemiology is a rapidly growing field utilizing innovative web-based methods.
- It provides accessible health information and overcomes limitations of traditional research.
- Infodemiology plays a vital role in advancing health informatics.
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