Interactive monitoring dashboards for the COVID-19 pandemic in the world anticipating waves of the disease in Brazil with the use of open data

Describe the development, implementation, and utilization of dashboards for epidemiological analysis through open data research during the COVID-19 pandemic. The dashboards were designed to analyze COVID-19 related public data from various sources, including official government data and social media...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de epidemiologia 2024-01, Vol.27, p.e240004-e240004
Main Authors: Schrarstzhaupt, Isaac Negretto, Bragatte, Marcelo Alves de Souza, Kawano-Dourado, Letícia, Oliveira, Leonardo Rovatti de, Vieira, Gustavo Fioravanti, Diaz-Quijano, Fredi Alexander, Fontes-Dutra, Mellanie
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Language:English
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Brazil - epidemiology
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Decision making
Epidemiology
Government
Humans
Open data research
Original
Pandemics
Public Health
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
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Summary:Describe the development, implementation, and utilization of dashboards for epidemiological analysis through open data research during the COVID-19 pandemic. The dashboards were designed to analyze COVID-19 related public data from various sources, including official government data and social media, at world level. Data processing and cleaning techniques were used to join datasets. We calculated Spearman correlation coefficient between the COVID-like symptoms data of the University of Maryland and Facebook Health research, called COVID Trends and Impacts Survey (CTIS) and the official data of notified COVID-19 cases by the Brazilian Health Ministry. The dashboards were successful in predicting the onset of new waves of COVID-19 in Brazil. The data analysis revealed a correlation between the CTIS and the official number of cases the country. This article shows the potential of interactive dashboards as a decision-making tool in the context of public health emergencies, as it was used by the official communication of the Rio Grande do Sul state government. The use of dashboards for predicting the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil was a useful tool for decision-making. To anticipate waves of the disease gives time so that these decisions can be potentially more assertive. This drafts the need of more interdisciplinary actions of this nature, with visualization tools on epidemiologic research.
ISSN:1415-790X
1980-5497
1980-5497
DOI:10.1590/1980-549720240004