Can internet search engine queries be used to diagnose diabetes? Analysis of archival search data.

Volume: 56, Issue: 10, Pages: 1149 - 1154
Published: May 15, 2019
Abstract
Diabetes is often diagnosed late. This study aimed to assess the possibility for earlier detection of diabetes from search data, using predictive models trained on large-scale data. We extracted all English-language queries made by people in the USA to Bing during 1 year and identified queries containing symptoms of diabetes. We compared the ability of four different prediction models (linear regression, logistic regression, decision tree and...
Paper Details
Title
Can internet search engine queries be used to diagnose diabetes? Analysis of archival search data.
Published Date
May 15, 2019
Volume
56
Issue
10
Pages
1149 - 1154
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