| Literature DB >> 31437248 |
Craig S Jabaley1,2, Robert F Groff1,2, Theresa J Barnes1, Mark E Caridi-Scheible1, James M Blum1,2,3, Vikas N O'Reilly-Shah4.
Abstract
Raising public awareness of sepsis, a potentially life-threatening dysregulated host response to infection, to hasten its recognition has become a major focus of physicians, investigators, and both non-governmental and governmental agencies. While the internet is a common means by which to seek out healthcare information, little is understood about patterns and drivers of these behaviors. We sought to examine traffic to Wikipedia, a popular and publicly available online encyclopedia, to better understand how, when, and why users access information about sepsis. Utilizing pageview traffic data for all available language localizations of the sepsis and septic shock pages between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2018, significantly outlying daily pageview totals were identified using a seasonal hybrid extreme studentized deviate approach. Consecutive outlying days were aggregated, and a qualitative analysis was undertaken of print and online news media coverage to identify potential correlates. Traffic patterns were further characterized using paired referrer to resource (i.e. clickstream) data, which were available for a temporal subset of the pageviews. Of the 20,557,055 pageviews across 65 linguistic localizations, 47 of the 1,096 total daily pageview counts were identified as upward outliers. After aggregating sequential outlying days, 25 epochs were examined. Qualitative analysis identified at least one major news media correlate for each, which were typically related to high-profile deaths from sepsis and, less commonly, awareness promotion efforts. Clickstream analysis suggests that most sepsis and septic shock Wikipedia pageviews originate from external referrals, namely search engines. Owing to its granular and publicly available traffic data, Wikipedia holds promise as a means by which to better understand global drivers of online sepsis information seeking. Further characterization of user engagement with this information may help to elucidate means by which to optimize the visibility, content, and delivery of awareness promotion efforts.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31437248 PMCID: PMC6705833 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221596
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Sepsis and septic shock Wikipedia pageview data workflow.
The Wikimedia Langviews tool provides aggregate traffic data for a given Wikipedia page across all language localizations.
Fig 2Sepsis Wikipedia user pageviews by language localization.
To improve legibility, only the top 15 languages are depicted. The remaining 50 are summarized in the “Other” category. The legend appears in descending numerical order with “Other” listed last.
Fig 3Sepsis and septic shock user pageview traffic (2015 to 2018).
Data extraction spanned July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018. Outliers with observed values significantly (alpha = 0.01) exceeding those expected are highlighted. Outliers with observed values significantly below those expected were not sought and are not depicted. Median spans are displayed as horizontal black lines (see Methods). The Y axis employs a log scale to improve legibility in the setting of large outliers within the time series. Suggested correlates for outlying values are presented in Table 1. Pageviews across all available languages are depicted in the figure.
Outlying Wikipedia sepsis and septic shock epochs with potential media correlates (2015 to 2018).
| Outlying Epoch | Date(s) | Highest Observed Pageview | Rank (of 25) | Potential Correlates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/6/2015 | 22,657 | 23 | UK National Health Service (NHS) apology for pediatric sepsis death (Ben Condon) |
| 2 | 1/20/2016 | 25,243 | 17 | Coverage of host gene expression classifiers [ |
| 3 | 1/26/2016 | 41,784 | 4 | NHS apology for pediatric sepsis death (William Mead) |
| 4 | 3/26/2016 | 22,000 | 24 | Sepsis survivor coverage (Andressa Urach and Matthew Parkes) |
| 5 | 3/29/2016–4/1/2016 | 92,305 | 2 | Death of Patty Duke from abdominal sepsis |
| 6 | 4/4/2016 | 25,048 | 18 | Ongoing coverage of Patty Duke |
| 7 | 6/4/2016–6/13/2016 | 224,927 | 1 | Death of Muhammad Ali from sepsis |
| 8 | 9/12/2016–9/17/2016 | 38,644 | 5 | Inaugural World Sepsis Congress |
| 9 | 9/21/2016 | 24,674 | 20 | UN draft declaration on antimicrobial resistance [ |
| 10 | 9/28/2016 | 36,984 | 7 | Sepsis promotion efforts in the UK (Melissa and William Mead) |
| 11 | 10/3/2016–10/4/2016 | 29,553 | 12 | Adult sepsis deaths (Lucinda Smith and Jayaram Jayalalithaa) |
| 12 | 10/7/2016 | 23,256 | 21 | Coverage of a US Pediatric sepsis death linked to nutritional deficiency |
| 13 | 12/3/2016 | 23,023 | 22 | Coverage of childhood neglect and attempted murder (Tiffany Alberts) |
| 14 | 3/10/2017 | 30,768 | 10 | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sepsis 1-hour intervention mandate in the UK |
| 15 | 3/16/2017 | 28,667 | 14 | Sepsis survivor coverage (Kevin Breen) |
| 16 | 7/4/2017 | 36,600 | 8 | Coverage of CDC MMWR concerning dehydrated placenta [ |
| 17 | 9/5/2017 | 26,685 | 15 | Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) national sepsis report |
| 18 | 9/11/2017 | 30,664 | 11 | NHS trusts sepsis performance |
| 19 | 9/13/2017 | 25,532 | 16 | Sixth World Sepsis Day |
| 20 | 10/21/2017–10/24/2017 | 71,140 | 3 | Adult sepsis deaths (Rodolfo Torres Rojas, Rasiklal M Dhariwal, death in Korea linked to musician Choi Si-won) |
| 21 | 10/30/2017 | 25,030 | 19 | Sepsis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria |
| 22 | 11/19/2017 | 21,555 | 25 | Adult sepsis death (José Manuel Maza) |
| 23 | 1/11/2018 | 28,857 | 13 | Young adult sepsis death (Kyler Baughman) following influenza |
| 24 | 1/18/2018–1/19/2018 | 32,630 | 9 | Adjunctive steroids in septic shock [ |
| 25 | 3/12/2018 | 37,142 | 6 | Adult sepsis misdiagnosis (Magdalena Malec) |
Data extraction spanned July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018. The highest pageview count per aggregated epoch is depicted and its rank displayed.
Fig 4Wikipedia clickstream data workflow.
Since November 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation has released monthly aggregate user browsing behavior in the form of consistent, large inbound and outbound linkage datasets representing English language pageview traffic.
Fig 5Sepsis and septic shock Wikipedia clickstream sankey diagram (November 2017 to June 2018).
Owing to a large number of unique inbound linkages within Wikipedia, individual Wikipedia pages were aggregated into common categories (see Methods). Only the top 10 outbound Wikipedia pages are listed to improve legibility. Missing data are due to limitations in the underlying data, including refererless traffic from clients utilizing a HTTPS protocol. Source data are available in supporting files.