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Misinformation About and Interest in Chlorine Dioxide During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico Identified Using Google Trends Data: Infodemiology Study.

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العنوان: Misinformation About and Interest in Chlorine Dioxide During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico Identified Using Google Trends Data: Infodemiology Study.
المؤلفون: Chejfec-Ciociano JM; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico., Martínez-Herrera JP; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico., Parra-Guerra AD; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico., Chejfec R; Max Bell School of Public Policy McGill University Montreal, QC Canada., Barbosa-Camacho FJ; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico., Ibarrola-Peña JC; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico., Cervantes-Guevara G; Hospital Civil de Guadalajara 'Fray Antonio Alcalde' Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara Mexico.; Departamento de Bienestar y Desarrollo Sustentable Centro Universitario del Norte Universidad de Guadalajara Colotlán Mexico., Cervantes-Cardona GA; Departamento de Disciplinas Filosófico, Metodológicas e Instrumentales Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara Mexico., Fuentes-Orozco C; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico., Cervantes-Pérez E; Departamento de Nutriología Clínica Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición 'Salvador Zubirán' Ciudad de Mexico Mexico., García-Reyna B; Centro Universitario del Norte Universidad de Guadalajara Colotlan Mexico., González-Ojeda A; Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Guadalajara Mexico.
المصدر: JMIR infodemiology [JMIR Infodemiology] 2022 Jan 27; Vol. 2 (1), pp. e29894. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 27 (Print Publication: 2022).
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: JMIR Publications Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 9918249014806676 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2564-1891 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 25641891 NLM ISO Abbreviation: JMIR Infodemiology Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Toronto, ON, Canada : JMIR Publications, [2021]-
مستخلص: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the increasing popularity of several emerging therapies or preventives that lack scientific evidence or go against medical directives. One such therapy involves the consumption of chlorine dioxide, which is commonly used in the cleaning industry and is available commercially as a mineral solution. This substance has been promoted as a preventive or treatment agent for several diseases, including SARS-CoV-2 infection. As interest in chlorine dioxide has grown since the start of the pandemic, health agencies, institutions, and organizations worldwide have tried to discourage and restrict the consumption of this substance.
Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze search engine trends in Mexico to evaluate changes in public interest in chlorine dioxide since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We retrieved public query data for the Spanish equivalent of the term "chlorine dioxide" from the Google Trends platform. The location was set to Mexico, and the time frame was from March 3, 2019, to February 21, 2021. A descriptive analysis was performed. The Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests were used to identify significant changes in search volumes for this term between four consecutive time periods, each of 13 weeks, from March 1, 2020, to February 27, 2021.
Results: From the start of the pandemic in Mexico (February 2020), an upward trend was observed in the number of searches compared with that in 2019. Maximum volume trends were recorded during the week of July 19-25, 2020. The search volumes declined between September and November 2020, but another peak was registered in December 2020 through February 2021, which reached a maximum value on January 10. Percentage change from the first to the fourth time periods was +312.85, -71.35, and +228.18, respectively. Pairwise comparisons using the Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests showed significant differences between the four periods ( P <.001).
Conclusions: Misinformation is a public health risk because it can lower compliance with the recommended measures and encourage the use of therapies that have not been proven safe. The ingestion of chlorine dioxide presents a danger to the population, and several adverse reactions have been reported. Programs should be implemented to direct those interested in this substance to accurate medical information.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
(©Jonathan Matias Chejfec-Ciociano, Juan Pablo Martínez-Herrera, Alexa Darianna Parra-Guerra, Ricardo Chejfec, Francisco José Barbosa-Camacho, Juan Carlos Ibarrola-Peña, Gabino Cervantes-Guevara, Guillermo Alonso Cervantes-Cardona, Clotilde Fuentes-Orozco, Enrique Cervantes-Pérez, Benjamín García-Reyna, Alejandro González-Ojeda. Originally published in JMIR Infodemiology (https://infodemiology.jmir.org), 27.01.2022.)
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فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 misinformation; Google Trends; chlorine dioxide; coronavirus; digital epidemiology; infodemiology; internet; internet behavior; mHealth; mobile health; pandemic; public health surveillance; tele-epidemiology
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20220214 Latest Revision: 20220501
رمز التحديث: 20240829
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC8805460
DOI: 10.2196/29894
PMID: 35155994
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
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تدمد:2564-1891
DOI:10.2196/29894