Increasing Public Interest in Stem Cell Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: A Google Trends Analysis

Strotman, Patrick K.; Novicoff, Wendy M.; Nelson, Stephen J.; Browne, James A.

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2019.03.002

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“…Furthermore, in orthopedics, analysis of Google Trends has been previously utilized to gauge public interest in various procedures over time. Strotman et al [23] utilized Google Trends to show a significant increase in public interest and popularity of stem cell injections for osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.…”

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Public Interest in Knee Replacement Fell during the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Google Trends Analysis

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Chalmers

Utset-Ward

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HSS Journal®: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Speci

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered medical practice and public behavior in the USA. In spring of 2020, elective surgery including most joint replacement was suspended and much of the public asked to stay at home. As elective surgery resumes, it is unknown how the public will respond. Questions/Purposes: We sought to describe public interest in knee replacement during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Google Trends was used to obtain the daily number of searches for "knee replacement," "coronavirus," and "knee pain" from December 19, 2019, to May 14, 2020. The number is on a term-specific scale weighted to the highest number of daily searches for that term. Seven-day weighted averages were used to smooth the data. Results: The number of daily searches for "knee replacement" was stable until around March 8, 2020, after which it decreased through late March, plateauing at less than half the number of searches. At the same time, searches for "coronavirus" spiked. By early May, searches for "knee replacement" had not meaningfully increased, though at the end of the search period the slope turned positive and coronavirus searches decreased. Searches for "knee pain" initially followed a similar pattern to "knee replacement," though the decline was not as steep, and by late April searches for "knee pain" had meaningfully increased. Conclusion: Public interest in knee replacement, assessed through internet search queries, decreased during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While interest in pain has returned, the continued decreased level of interest in surgery may represent a fear of surgery among the general public in the setting of COVID-19. Surgeons may wish to focus outreach and education efforts on the safety and efficacy of knee replacement. Keywords COVID-19. arthroplasty. replacement. knee. public health. health services research HSSJ

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Public Interest in Knee Replacement Fell during the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Google Trends Analysis

Landy

Chalmers

Utset-Ward

et al. 2020

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“…Since 2010, there has been a statistically significant, marked increase in online search query volume in stem cell injections for the treatment of knee OA [14]. However, to date to the best of our knowledge, there have been no studies that have analyzed the type of online information available to patients over the associated costs and clinical efficacy of so-called "stem cell" injections for knee OA.…”

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Analysis of Readability, Quality, and Content of Online Information Available for “Stem Cell” Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis

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Piuzzi

2020

The Journal of Arthroplasty

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“…It was expected that the so-called Generation X, born in 1969-1980, who lived through the splendor of consumerism and the obsession with triumph, were the first to familiarize themselves with computers as a work tool. Also, Generation Y (born in 1981-1993, also called Millennials (Strotman et al, 2019), is the first generation that can be considered global. In contrast to the previous ones, in this generation there are no differences between countries and all young Westerners can identify with the same moral values.…”

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“…One form of Big Data is the one that accumulates in the traffic caused by publications on the web and social networks. These data can provide valuable information about the epidemiological patterns of certain habits and interests of population (Rossignol et al, 2013;Nuti et al, 2014;Schootman et al, 2015;Solano et al, 2016;Mavragani et al, 2018;Strotman et al, 2019;Greenan, 2021) depending on the published information, publication formats and even the language in which it is published. In nutrition, search trends have been studied in some ways (Linkov et al, 2014;Tkachenko et al, 2017;Rahiri et al, 2018), showing how some sources of information on the Internet can be useful for detecting early signs of diabetes when performing keyword combinations.…”

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Use of Social Media, Network Avenues, Blog and Scientific Information Systems Through the Website Promoting the Mediterranean Diet as a Method of a Health Safeguarding

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The Mediterranean Diet (MD) is considered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as “the best for people and the most sustainable for the environment”. In the era of Big Data, new tools are emerging to facilitate health care research. One form of Big Data is the one that accumulates in the traffic caused by publications on the web and social networks. These data can provide valuable information about the epidemiological patterns of certain behavior and interest of the population. The objective of this study was to explore through websites and its associated official social media on information related to different publications of both international or national nutrition official agencies as well as publications of scientific diffusion for the design of future nutritional education and MD programs. This study opens up future avenues of research, such as studying the acceptance of post writing in other languages in those northern European countries where MD is being implemented. Or through the use of subtitled videos, due to the great acceptance of this format. The MD remains in 2020 considered the best option to follow a healthy diet without difficulties, therefore it is very important to continue promoting the need for good nutritional health based on its qualities.

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Increasing Public Interest in Stem Cell Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: A Google Trends Analysis

Cited by 48 publications

References 24 publications

Public Interest in Knee Replacement Fell during the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Google Trends Analysis

Public Interest in Knee Replacement Fell during the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Google Trends Analysis

Analysis of Readability, Quality, and Content of Online Information Available for “Stem Cell” Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis

Use of Social Media, Network Avenues, Blog and Scientific Information Systems Through the Website Promoting the Mediterranean Diet as a Method of a Health Safeguarding

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