Qualitative and quantitative study of structured and unstructured information related to early childhood caries on the Internet

• Grant number: 18/02563-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): May 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Pediatric Dentistry
• Principal Investigator: Thiago Cruvinel da Silva
• Grantee: Patricia Estefania Ayala Aguirre
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Dental caries still represents a major challenge in public health. However, the identification of individual risk factors, parental counseling and health promotion has played an important role in the prevention of this disease. Internet has become the most popular media to search for health-related information. The activity of the users are registered and compiled in archives of "Big Data", which can be analyzed to determine the behavior Internet users faced on a specific disease. In this sense, this study aims to assess the search volume, quality, and type of structured and non-structured information found on the Internet related to early childhood caries (ECC). The methods will be performed in six different phases: 1) analysis of the search volume trends of Google users for ECC-related information, by the employment of the tool Google Trends; 2) infoveillance on ECC-related subjects by the analysis of non-structured information posted by Twitter users; 3) analysis of the quality of written ECC-related information available on Brazilian websites, using the instruments DISCERN and JAMA benchmark; 4) analysis of the quality of ECC-related information, developed in Portuguese and Spanish, available on YouTube. The statistical analysis will be performed according to the normality and homogeneity of data. P values < 0.05 will be considered significant.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

AYALA AGUIRRE, P. E.; ANIBAL, I; STRIEDER, A. P.; LOTTO, M.; RIZZATO, V. LOPES; PEREIRA CRUVINEL, A. F.; RIOS, D.; CRUVINEL, T.. Online quality and readability assessment of Early childhood caries information available on websites from distinct countries: A cross-sectional study. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, v. 23, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2022-01-01. (18/02563-6)

AGUIRRE, PATRICIA ESTEFANIA AYALA; STRIEDER, ANNA PAOLA; LOTTO, MATHEUS; OLIVEIRA, THAIS MARCHINI; RIOS, DANIELA; CRUVINEL, AGNES FATIMA PEREIRA; CRUVINEL, THIAGO. Are the Internet users concerned about molar incisor hypomineralization? An infoveillance study. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, v. 30, n. 1, OCT 2019. (18/02563-6)

AGUIRRE, P. E. A.; ANIBAL, I.; LOTTO, M.; STRIEDER, A. P.; CRUVINEL, T.. Decoding early childhood caries: an in-depth analysis of YouTube videos for effective parental education. EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2023-08-23. (18/02563-6)

AGUIRRE, PATRICIA ESTEFANIA A.; LOTTO, MATHEUS; STRIEDER, ANNA PAOLA; CRUVINEL, THIAGO. igital surveillance: Monitoring the activity of Internet users searching for information related to early childhood carie. HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL, v. 28, n. 1, JAN 2022. (18/02563-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

AGUIRRE, Patricia Estefania Ayala. Quantitative and qualitative study of the structured and unstructured digital information regarding early childhood caries. 2022. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB) Bauru.