J Agric Med Community Health.  2021 Sep;46(3):153-161. 10.5393/JAMCH.2021.46.3.153.

Analysis on the Key Words related to Healthcare Issues of the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Major Korean Newspapers, 2020

• Kim MY
• Gu BK
• Yoon BR
• Baek JW
• Lee MS

• KMID: 2526050
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5393/JAMCH.2021.46.3.153

Abstract

Background
s: This study was performed to analyze the main key words of newspaper articles related to COVID-19 in 2020 for each category of quarantine measures according to the epidemic period of COVID-19.
Methods
We analyzed articles related to COVID-19 in three major newspapers of Korea between February 17 and December 31, 2020. We targeted the front page articles on mondays and thursdays. The analysis of the relationship between the two variables was confirmed through the chi-square test.
Results
As a result of analyzing the main key words for each category of quarantine measures, non-pharmaceutical intervention were the most common at 54.3%, followed by 3Ts(test, tracing, treatment and vaccine) at 31.9%. In the category of non-pharmaceutical intervention, social distancing was the most common at 33.9%. In the categories such as 3Ts(test, tracing, treatment) and vaccine, diagnostic tests were the most common at 41.8%.
Conclusions
It was identified that non-pharmaceutical intervention were the most common, and there was a difference in the reporting of main key words by category of quarantine measures for each epidemic period related to COVID-19 in 2020.

Keyword

COVID-19; Key words; Newspapers; Quarantine measures; Epidemic period