Journal of Clinical and Basic Research
Journal of Clinical and Basic Research
jcbr
Medical Sciences
http://jcbr.goums.ac.ir
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2538-3736
10.52547/jcbr
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gregorian
2021
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Searching For Vitamin C, Vitamin D and COVID-19: a Google Trends Study
علوم پایه پزشکی
Basic medical sciences
پژوهشي
Research
<h3><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background and objectives:</strong> COVID-19 outbreak is characterized as a pandemic. Owing to the effect of this disease on people’s lives, news about the methods of preventing and treating this disease is released every day. There have been some clinical data suggesting that vitamins C and D can be useful in treating patients with COVID-19 disease. In this study, we aimed to examine vitamin C and D searching trends in 10 countries and worldwide about the COVID-19 news based on the data on Google Trends.</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> We surveyed the searches about vitamins C and D using some keywords on Google Trends from December 15, 2019 to April 29, 2020.</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results:</strong> The number of searches increased after the release of news about the effect of vitamins C and D on COVID-19.</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results suggest that as the news about the role of vitamins on infection prevention and treatment spreads, people become more interested in expanding their nutritional knowledge.</h3>
COVID-19, Coronavirus, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Google Trends
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http://jcbr.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-150-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Samira
Eshginia
10031947532846003137
10031947532846003137
Yes
Metabolic Disorder Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Leila
Khalili
10031947532846003138
10031947532846003138
No
Department of Material Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Masoumeh
Khalili
mkhalili_phs@goums.ac.ir
10031947532846003139
10031947532846003139
No
Neuroscience Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran