Research Article

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS

Volume: 8 Number: 3 December 31, 2021
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INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS

Abstract

Background: To create awareness about oral cancers, various events are being organized such as “oral cancer awareness month”. Google Trends is an application which is used to determine the relative frequency of a search term and is used for different purposes in the field of medicine, recently. The aim of this study is to determine the research popularity of terms about oral cancers using Google Trends and to investigate the relationship between various awareness events. Material and Methods: Search Volume Indexes for terms “oral cancer” and “mouth cancer” for the USA, United Kingdom, and worldwide were obtained from Google Trends. Also, for Turkey “ağız kanseri”, “dil kanseri”, “dudak kanseri” and “damak kanseri” terms were used. Average search volume indexes of all terms for April, September and November,which are declared as oral cancer awareness months by different societies, were calculated. Results: For terms, “mouth cancer” and “oral cancer”, November averages in the United Kingdom and April averages in the USA were higher compared to all months (p<0.05). Averages for “mouth cancer” and “oral cancer” were higher on November and April, respectively for worldwide (p<0.05). No statistically significant relationship was observed between November, April, September averages and all months averages for “ağız kanseri”, “dil kanseri”, “dudak kanseri” and “damak kanseri” terms. Conclusion: Awareness months are effective in the context of search volume index in United Kingdom, USA, and worldwide. In Turkey, awareness months may be organized or already existing events may be improved.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Dentistry

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2021

Submission Date

January 6, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 11, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 8 Number: 3

APA
Demirel, O., & Akbulut, A. (2021). INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS. Selcuk Dental Journal, 8(3), 802-807. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.855009
AMA
1.Demirel O, Akbulut A. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS. Selcuk Dent J. 2021;8(3):802-807. doi:10.15311/selcukdentj.855009
Chicago
Demirel, Oğuzhan, and Aslıhan Akbulut. 2021. “INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ‘MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH’ EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS”. Selcuk Dental Journal 8 (3): 802-7. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.855009.
EndNote
Demirel O, Akbulut A (December 1, 2021) INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS. Selcuk Dental Journal 8 3 802–807.
IEEE
[1]O. Demirel and A. Akbulut, “INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ‘MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH’ EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS”, Selcuk Dent J, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 802–807, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.15311/selcukdentj.855009.
ISNAD
Demirel, Oğuzhan - Akbulut, Aslıhan. “INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ‘MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH’ EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS”. Selcuk Dental Journal 8/3 (December 1, 2021): 802-807. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.855009.
JAMA
1.Demirel O, Akbulut A. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS. Selcuk Dent J. 2021;8:802–807.
MLA
Demirel, Oğuzhan, and Aslıhan Akbulut. “INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ‘MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH’ EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS”. Selcuk Dental Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, Dec. 2021, pp. 802-7, doi:10.15311/selcukdentj.855009.
Vancouver
1.Oğuzhan Demirel, Aslıhan Akbulut. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF “MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” EVENTS ON SOCIETY WITH GOOGLE TRENDS. Selcuk Dent J. 2021 Dec. 1;8(3):802-7. doi:10.15311/selcukdentj.855009