COVID-19 Pandemisi Döneminde Romatizmal Hastalıklara Halkın İlgisi: Google Trends Verilerinin Analizi

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı Koronavirüs Hastalığı-2019 (COVID-19) pandemisi sırasında romatizmal hastalıklara halkın ilgisini Google Trends verilerinin analizi ile değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmanın tüm verileri Google arama sayılarının ve ilişkilerinin paylaşıldığı, https://trends.google.com/trends/ aracılığıyla Google Trends veri tabanından elde edildi. Bu çalışma Mart 2019-Mart 2020 (pandemi öncesi dönem) ve Mart 2020-Mart 2021 (pandemi dönemi) arasında yapılan aramaları içermektedir. Google Trends arama terimleri gut, fibromiyalji, ailevi Akdeniz ateşi, Behçet hastalığı, sistemik lupus eritematosus, ankilozan spondilit, romatoid artrit, osteoartrit, sjögren sendromu ve skleroderma olarak belirlendi. Türkiye seçimiyle arama yoğunlaşmaları tüm kategorilerde incelendi. Bulgular: Çalışmamızda Türkiye’de romatizmal hastalıklara olan dijital ilginin GT verileri karşılaştırıldı. Pandemi öncesi dönem ve pandemi döneminde göreli arama hacmi en fazla olan ilk beş romatizmal hastalığın gut, fibromiyalji, ailevi Akdeniz ateşi, Behçet hastalığı ve sistemik lupus eritematozus olduğu tespit edildi. On arama terimi için ilgili arama hacmi incelendiğinde pandemi döneminde ailesel Akdeniz ateşi, ankilozan spondilit, romatoid artrit ve sjögren sendromu istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede azalırken Behçet hastalığı arama terimi anlamlı ölçüde arttı. Sonuç: COVID-19 gibi pandemilerde çevrim içi internet arama sonuçlarının değerlendirilmesi hem halkın hastalıklara olan ilgisini ve eğilimlerini belirleme hem de toplumsal farkındalığın oluşturulabilmesi açısından önemlidir. Farkındalık günlerinin hastalıkların tanınmasında potansiyel faydalar sağlaması nedeniyle daha fazla vurgulanması gerektiğini düşünmekteyiz.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• google arama trendleri
• Türkiye
• romatizmal hastalıklar

Public Interest in Rheumatic Diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Google Trends Data

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the public interest in rheumatic diseases during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by using Google Trends data. Material and methods: All data of the study were obtained from the Google Trends database via https://trends.google.com/trends/, where Google search numbers and relationships are shared. This study contains the searches made between March 2019-March 2020 (pre-pandemic period) and March 2020-March 2021 (pandemic period). Google Trends search terms were determined as gout, fibromyalgia, familial Mediterranean fever, Behçet's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, and scleroderma. All categories was chosen as subject and Turkey was chosen as the country. Results: In our study, GT data of digital interest in rheumatic diseases in Turkey were compared. It was determined that the first five rheumatic diseases with the highest relative search volume in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods were gout, fibromyalgia, familial Mediterranean fever, Behçet's disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. When the relevant search volume for 10 search terms was examined, familial Mediterranean fever, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome decreased statistically during the pandemic period, while the search term for Behçet's disease increased significantly. Conclusion: Evaluation of online internet search results in pandemics such as COVID-19 is important both in terms of determining the public's interest and tendencies towards diseases and creating social awareness. We think that awareness days should be emphasized more, because it provides potential benefits in the recognition of diseases.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• google trends
• Turkey
• rheumatic diseases

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