Impact of the world hand hygiene and global handwashing days on public awareness between 2016 and 2020: Google trends analysis

Nishimura, Yoshito; Hagiya, Hideharu; Keitoku, Koichi; Koyama, Toshihiro; Otsuka, Fumio

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.033

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“…In contrast, no joinpoints were evident around the WHHD or GHD. These results are similar to what was observed in Japan, the U.K., and the USA in a previous study [49]. We, did not detect joinpoints around the WHHD or GHD at the national level.…”

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How COVID-19 Has Influenced Public Interest in Antimicrobials, Antimicrobial Resistance and Related Preventive Measures: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data

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Google Trends analytics is an innovative way to evaluate public interest in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and related preventive measures. In the present study, we analyzed Google Trends data in Italy, from 2016 to 2021. A joinpoint analysis was performed to assess whether and how annual campaigns and the COVID-19 pandemic affected public interest in antimicrobials, AMR, hand hygiene, and the use of disinfectant. For the terms “antimicrobials” and “antimicrobial resistance”, no joinpoints were detected around the time of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Similarly, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have had no effect on public interest in this term. For the term “handwashing”, no joinpoints were detected around World Hand Hygiene Day or Global Handwashing Day. However, three joinpoints were detected around the peak of interest observed in March 2020, after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparable results were obtained for the term “disinfectant”. These findings show that the influence of annual campaigns on public interest in AMR and preventive measures was modest and not long-term. The COVID-19 pandemic, meanwhile, had no effect on AMR but raised awareness on preventive measures. However, this was a temporary rather than long-term outcome. Thus, different policies, strategies, and measures should be designed to advocate prevention of AMR in the COVID-19 era.

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“…We, did not detect joinpoints around the WHHD or GHD at the national level. However, joinpoints were noted worldwide at around the time of the WHHD and GHD, but only before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic [49].…”

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How COVID-19 Has Influenced Public Interest in Antimicrobials, Antimicrobial Resistance and Related Preventive Measures: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data

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“…Google Trends, a publicly available data source generated based on the total Google search data [10], has been utilized for social and behavioral health research [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. This analysis enables us to determine the relative popularity of specific search terms in a particular category (for example, "health"), place, and time range, suggesting how popular the terms are at a specific time point.…”

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Impact of Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Public Interest in the United States between 2012 and 2021: A Google Trends Analysis

Nishimura

Acoba

2022

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) has a long history of over 30 years, established in 1985 to occur every October, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation now leads the operation. There have been no studies to evaluate the impact of the BCAM on public awareness of breast cancer. We analyzed the impact of BCAM on public awareness of breast cancer in the U.S. from 2012 to 2021 using the relative search volume (RSV) of Google Trends as a surrogate. We also analyzed the impact of Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM) and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM) on public awareness of lung and prostate cancer, respectively, to see differences in their effectiveness among the health observances for the top three most common cancers in the U.S. We performed a joinpoint regression analysis to identify statistically significant time points of a change in trend. There were joinpoints around BCAM for “Breast cancer” every year from 2012 to 2021, with a significant increase in the weekly RSVs from 21.9% to 46.7%. Except for 2013 and 2015 for “Lung cancer,” when significant increases in the RSV at 1.8% and 1.2% per week were observed around LCAM, no joinpoints were noted around LCAM or PCAM. These results imply that BCAM has successfully improved the public awareness of breast cancer in the U.S. compared to other representative health observances, likely due to the effective involvement of non-medical industries, influencers affected by breast cancer, and an awareness symbol.

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“…Also, collaborating Google trend data and joinpoint analysis to estimate public interest should be evaluated. However, in addition to our efforts 34,35 , other researchers have applied this combination method in recent studies [23][24][25][26] . Third, as indicated in a previous study 36 , Google Trends lacks full transparency and reproducibility.…”

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“…Our search protocol for Google Trends is provided in Supplementary Fig. 1 , which was utilized in previous studies 26 , 34 , 35 , 40 , 44 . We searched in the Google Trends on 31st January 2022.…”

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Impact of the cervical cancer awareness months on public interest in Japan: A Google Trends analysis, 2012–2021

Hagiya

Koyama

Otsuka

2022

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The immunization and screening rates for human papillomavirus in Japan are lower than those in other countries. We aimed to evaluate the impact of cervical cancer awareness months on public attention using Google Trends analysis. Between 2012 and 2021, we analyzed the trends in relative search volumes (RSVs) for “Shikyuu-keigan” (cervical cancer in English) in Japan, during the cervical cancer awareness month (CCAM) in January and cervical cancer prevention awareness enhancement month (CCPAEM) in November. We performed a joinpoint regression analysis to identify a statistically significant trend change point. Additionally, we compared the mean RSVs of each awareness month with the rest of the year. Significant trend change points were observed, but none were found in CCAM and CCPAEM periods. Comparison of mean RSVs among CCAM, CCPAEM, and the rest of the months did not suggest any significant increases in RSVs during these awareness periods. In conclusion, CAM and CCPAEM did not raise public interest in cervical cancer in Japan. Although the results are based on internet users, the findings might suggest a need to develop a more effective and attractive approach to achieve the 90-70-90 targets of cervical cancer prevention by 2030.

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Impact of the world hand hygiene and global handwashing days on public awareness between 2016 and 2020: Google trends analysis

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How COVID-19 Has Influenced Public Interest in Antimicrobials, Antimicrobial Resistance and Related Preventive Measures: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data

How COVID-19 Has Influenced Public Interest in Antimicrobials, Antimicrobial Resistance and Related Preventive Measures: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data

Impact of Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Public Interest in the United States between 2012 and 2021: A Google Trends Analysis

Impact of the cervical cancer awareness months on public interest in Japan: A Google Trends analysis, 2012–2021

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