On-line Searches for Terms Related to Hand Hygiene During the COVID-19 Pandemic Worldwide

Autor: Patrícia Rafaela dos Santos, Silvia Amélia Scudeler Vedovello, Carlos Vinicius da Silva Araujo, Ana Letícia Mello de Carvalho, Mariana Nabarrette, Diego Patrik Alves Carneiro, Marcelo de Castro Meneghim
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, Volume: 21, Article number: e0185, Published: 29 OCT 2021
Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, Vol 21 (2021)
ISSN: 1983-4632
1519-0501
Popis: Objective: To a nalyze the difference in the on-line searches for terms related to hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic in developed and middle-income countries . Material and Methods: The cross-sectional study analyzed the digital data through the Google Trends website to obtain the variation of the relative search volume (RSV) through the terms "alcohol gel" and "handwashing." According to socio-economic development, the countries were divided into two groups: countries from different continents and hemispheres, with more than 15 million inhabitants, with more than 50% of the population with access to the Internet network and over 1,000 confirmed cases of infected with COVID-19. The paired t-test was applied to compare the means. The significance value adopted was p
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