Why do people google epilepsy?. An infodemiological study of online behavior for epilepsy-related search terms

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-70

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b   Igwe, Stanley C ^c   Ausserer, Harald ^b   Nardone, Raffaele ^b,d   Tezzon, Frediano ^b   Bongiovanni, Luigi Giuseppe ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Google Trends; Infodemiology; Internet; Seizure; Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy; Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY; FEAR; GOOGLE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT WORRY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEARCH ENGINE; SEIZURE; SELF EVALUATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EPILEPSY; GOOGLE TRENDS; INFODEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; SEIZURE; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; WEB;

DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; SEIZURES;

EID: 84890585159     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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