Using Google Trends to assess global public interest in osteoarthritis

Jellison, Samuel; Bibens, Michael; Checketts, Jake X.; Vassar, Matt

doi:10.1007/s00296-018-4158-2

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“…Other topics studied using GT data are skin cancer [55], sunscreen use [56], sunburn [57], seasonality of bruxism [58], multiple sclerosis [59], cancer [60], stroke [61], HIV [62], lupus [63], norovirus [64], sepsis [65], pertussis [66], epistaxis [67], plague [68], rheumatoid arthritis [69], and prostate cancer [70]. In terms of general population behavior, research was done using GT data on pharmaceutical data [71], vaccinations [72], movement disorders [73], digital epidemiology [74], kidney stone surgery [75], foot and ankle pain [76], knee injuries [77], osteoarthritis [78], seasonality of cellulitis [79], tracking influenza epidemics using climate data [80], palliative care [81], cosmetic body procedures [82], and anesthesia [83]. GT is also used for forecasting [84], real-time surveillance [85], or prevention [86] of diseases.…”

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Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

Strzelecki

2020

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The Google search engine answers many health and medical information queries every day. People have become used to searching for this type of information. This paper presents a study which examined the visibility of health and medical information websites. The purpose of this study was to find out why Google is decreasing the visibility of such websites and how to measure this decrease. Since August 2018, Google has been more rigorously rating these websites, since they can potentially impact people’s health. The method of the study was to collect data about the visibility of health and medical information websites in sequential time snapshots. Visibility consists of combined data of unique keywords, positions, and URL results. The sample under study was made up of 21 websites selected from 10 European countries. The findings reveal that in sequential time snapshots, search visibility decreased. The decrease was not dependent on the country or the language. The main reason why Google is decreasing the visibility of such websites is that they do not meet high ranking criteria.

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Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

Strzelecki

2020

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“…GT has been applied in to measure public interest in diseases, seasonality of internet-based disease search fever and predict outbreaks of infectious diseases 9. Recently, GT was used to assess global public interest in osteoarthritis,10 gout,11 rheumatoid arthritis (RA),12 13 systemic lupus erythematosus,14 15 breast cancer screening,16 fibromyalgia17 and so on.…”

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Using internet search data to explore the global public concerns in ankylosing spondylitis

Mei

Mao

Cao

et al. 2020

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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ObjectiveThis study explored the changes of global public interest in internet search of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) based on Google Trends (GT) data, in order to reflect the characteristics of AS itself.MethodsGT was used to obtain the search popularity scores of the term ’AS’ on a global scale, between January 2004 and December 2018, under the ’health’ classification. Based on the global search data of AS provided by GT, the cosinor analysis was used to test whether there was seasonality in AS.ResultsIn general, AS related search volume demonstrated a decreasing trend from January 2004 to December 2014 and then remain stable from January 2015 to December 2018. No obvious seasonal variations were detected in AS related search volume (amplitude=1.54; phase: month=3.9; low point: month=9.9; p>0.025), which peaked in April and bottomed out in October. The top 17 rising topics were adalimumab, spondylolisthesis, Morbus, Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosis, HLA- B27 positive, Crohn’s disease, rheumatology, spondylosis, arthritis, uveitis, rheumatism, sacroiliac, psoriatic arthritis and spondylitis.ConclusionsGlobally, there is no significant seasonal variation in GT for AS. The top fast-growing topics related to AS may be beneficial for doctors to provide targeted health education of the disease to patients and their families.

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“…One way to increase public knowledge and awareness of infections like malaria is through public awareness days. Although the effectiveness of awareness campaigns varies, [7, 8] several have proven beneficial at educating the public on the causes, treatment and prevention of diseases [9–12]. For example, a survey conducted in the United Kingdom found a fivefold increase in the volume of calls to the National Smokers Helpline on National No Smoking Day [13].…”

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Is World Malaria Day an effective awareness campaign? An evaluation of public interest in malaria during World Malaria Day

Anderson

Stafford

Johnson

et al. 2020

Tropical Med Int Health

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Objective We retrospectively analysed the relative search interest of malaria to (1) assess the relationship between Internet searches for malaria and rates of infection in 11 countries considered 'high burden' by WHO in 2019 and to (2) determine the ability of World Malaria Day on April 25 to generate interest in the disease. Methods Using Google Trends, we sought to determine the relative popularity of the topic of Malaria over 4 years (2015–2019). Worldwide and country‐specific searches for 'malaria' were used to assess the influence the international awareness day has on global and local interest in malaria. In order to determine whether a relationship exists between Internet searches and the disease burden of malaria, the information gathered from Google Trends was then compared with reports of morbidity and mortality of malaria from the 2019 World Malaria Report. Results Globally, a negative mean difference in relative search volume was observed between World Malaria Day and the control periods of −2.46 (95% CI: −5.57 to 0.66). The relative search volume for malaria‐related search terms increased by 2.91% (±4.60) from January 2015 to 1 July 2019 in the 5 countries with the highest malaria disease burden. A positive correlation (r = 0.804) was found between per capita infections and malaria Internet search interest in addition to deaths per 1000 residents and malaria relative search interest (r = 0.663) between 2015 and 2018. Conclusion Initiatives such as World Malaria Day may help raise public awareness concerning a specific disease, prompting individuals to seek out additional information. This is especially important in high‐burden countries where access to the Internet is steadily growing. In these circumstances, having quality and easily accessible information is vital in the continuing fight against malaria.

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Using Google Trends to assess global public interest in osteoarthritis

Cited by 41 publications

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Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

Using internet search data to explore the global public concerns in ankylosing spondylitis

Is World Malaria Day an effective awareness campaign? An evaluation of public interest in malaria during World Malaria Day

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