Estimating Information Seeking-Behaviour of Public in Malaysia During COVID-19 by Using Google Trends

The public was reported to be anxious and concerned during the pandemic. It is unknown whether these reactions had a relationship with the statistics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Malaysia. We used Google Trends (GT) to understand whether the publics’ inquisitiveness towards COVID-19 and...

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Autores principales: Lim, Jin Lee, Ong, Chong Yau, Xie, Beiqi, Low, Lian Leng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154712
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2020.27.5.16
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description The public was reported to be anxious and concerned during the pandemic. It is unknown whether these reactions had a relationship with the statistics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Malaysia. We used Google Trends (GT) to understand whether the publics’ inquisitiveness towards COVID-19 and its recommended precautionary measures had increased during the initial duration of the pandemic in Malaysia.
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spelling pubmed-76058402020-11-04 Estimating Information Seeking-Behaviour of Public in Malaysia During COVID-19 by Using Google Trends Lim, Jin Lee Ong, Chong Yau Xie, Beiqi Low, Lian Leng Malays J Med Sci Brief Communication The public was reported to be anxious and concerned during the pandemic. It is unknown whether these reactions had a relationship with the statistics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Malaysia. We used Google Trends (GT) to understand whether the publics’ inquisitiveness towards COVID-19 and its recommended precautionary measures had increased during the initial duration of the pandemic in Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020-10 2020-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7605840/ /pubmed/33154712 http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2020.27.5.16 Text en © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2020 This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Estimating Information Seeking-Behaviour of Public in Malaysia During COVID-19 by Using Google Trends
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