COVID-19对公众对乳腺癌筛查和相关症状的影响:谷歌趋势分析

IF 3.3 Q2 ONCOLOGY
JMIR Cancer Pub Date : 2023-06-06 DOI:10.2196/39105
Si Ying Tan, Matilda Swee Sun Tang, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Veronique Kiak Mien Tan, Nicholas Brian Shannon
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背景:由于卫生保健资源的重新部署和公众对卫生保健设施的回避,COVID-19大流行导致癌症筛查减少。乳腺癌是女性个体中最常见的癌症,早期发现可以提高生存率。避免筛查,导致发现晚,极大地影响了生存,并增加了保健资源负担和成本。目的:本研究旨在评估公众对筛查的兴趣是否持续下降,并评估与此相关的其他搜索词和兴趣。方法:本研究使用谷歌趋势分析公众对乳腺癌筛查和症状的兴趣。我们查询了2019年1月1日至2022年1月1日的4个关键词(“乳房x光检查”、“乳房疼痛”、“乳房肿块”和“乳头溢液”)的搜索数据。使用相对搜索频率度量来评估对这些术语的兴趣,并为每个关键字检索相关查询,以评估搜索模式中的趋势。结果:尽管从2020年3月到4月,人们对乳房x光检查的兴趣最初急剧下降,但到2020年7月,这种兴趣迅速恢复。在此之后,随着对筛查的兴趣的恢复,对安排乳房x光检查的兴趣迅速增加。乳房肿块、乳头溢液和乳房疼痛等乳腺癌相关症状的相对搜索频率保持稳定。尽管对乳房x光检查和乳腺活检的兴趣有所恢复,但公众对乳腺肿块的自然和替代疗法的兴趣有所增加。搜索活动与10月份的乳腺癌宣传月之间存在显著的相关性。结论:在COVID-19大流行开始时,在线搜索对乳腺癌筛查的兴趣急剧下降,随后在短暂的兴趣下降之后,对安排乳房x光检查的兴趣恢复到基线。
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Impact of COVID-19 on Public Interest in Breast Cancer Screening and Related Symptoms: Google Trends Analysis.

Impact of COVID-19 on Public Interest in Breast Cancer Screening and Related Symptoms: Google Trends Analysis.

Impact of COVID-19 on Public Interest in Breast Cancer Screening and Related Symptoms: Google Trends Analysis.

Impact of COVID-19 on Public Interest in Breast Cancer Screening and Related Symptoms: Google Trends Analysis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in cancer screening due to the redeployment of health care resources and public avoidance of health care facilities. Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in female individuals, with improved survival rates from early detection. An avoidance of screening, resulting in late detection, greatly affects survival and increases health care resource burden and costs.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate if a sustained decrease in public interest in screening occurred and to evaluate other search terms, and hence interest, associated with that.

Methods: This study used Google Trends to analyze public interest in breast cancer screening and symptoms. We queried search data for 4 keyword terms ("mammogram," "breast pain," "breast lump," and "nipple discharge") from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022. The relative search frequency metric was used to assess interest in these terms, and related queries were retrieved for each keyword to evaluate trends in search patterns.

Results: Despite an initial drastic drop in interest in mammography from March to April 2020, this quickly recovered by July 2020. After this period, alongside the recovery of interest in screening, there was a rapid increase in interest for arranging for mammography. Relative search frequencies of perceived breast cancer-related symptoms such as breast lump, nipple discharge, and breast pain remained stable. There was increase public interest in natural and alternative therapy of breast lumps despite the recovery of interest in mammography and breast biopsy. There was a significant correlation between search activity and Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

Conclusions: Online search interest in breast cancer screening experienced a sharp decline at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a subsequent return to baseline interest in arranging for mammography followed this short period of decreased interest.

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