Determination of interest in vitamin use during COVID-19 pandemic using Google Trends data: Infodemiology study

Prevalence and predictors of self‐medication drugs to prevent or treat COVID‐19: Experience from a Middle Eastern country

“…29,30 Media has contributed to promoting the beneficial effects of vitamins on the immune system, especially that the internet is regarded as an easily accessible source to seek information about vitamins and minerals. 30 For alleviation of COVID-19 symptoms, paracetamol was the drug mainly used (36.0%) followed by cold and /or cough preparations or I haven't purchased any of the previous items due to the pandemic 16.9 (199) mucolytics, antiseptics lozenges, antihistamines and lastly ibuprofen. This limited use of ibuprofen could be due to the exaggeration of the risk of ibuprofen in social media, which followed a WHO tweet recommending to self-treat with paracetamol instead of ibuprofen.…”

“…In spite of the lack of evidence about their efficacy in prophylaxis and/or treatment of COVID‐19, a Google Trends analysis showed that the worldwide interest in vitamin D, C and zinc, among other immune‐related products, has tremendously increased during the COVID‐19 era, especially during the first wave. 29 , 30 Media has contributed to promoting the beneficial effects of vitamins on the immune system, especially that the internet is regarded as an easily accessible source to seek information about vitamins and minerals. 30 …”

“… 29 , 30 Media has contributed to promoting the beneficial effects of vitamins on the immune system, especially that the internet is regarded as an easily accessible source to seek information about vitamins and minerals. 30 …”

Association of COVID‐19 with lifestyle behaviours and socio‐economic variables in Turkey: An analysis of Google Trends

“…44.3% of consumers stated that they took supplements from vitamins. 66 Çimke and Yıldırım Gürkan, 67 in their study of using Google Trends search volumes, revealed that interest in vitamins increased since the beginning of the pandemic both in Turkey and in the world. Also, in Turkey, ‘Food Supplement Use and Measurement of Eating Habits’ survey conducted by Food Supplements and Nutrition Association 68 revealed that usage of food supplements increased in the COVID‐19 period.…”

“Stay at home with bakery products” can be public motto of quarantine days in the early period of COVID-19 outbreak: A nutritional infodemiology study

“…The translation of keywords was confirmed with the use of translation and back-translation on Google Translate ( Google Translate ) such as English-Turkish/Turkish-English, English-Swedish/Swedish-English and English-Italian/Italian-English ( Table S1 in Supplemental Material ). It is due to the fact that the public searches in their national language in daily routine ( Çimke and Gürkan, 2021 ).…”