Success of Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness Campaigns Compared to Breast Cancer Awareness Month According to Internet Search Volumes: A Google Trends Analysis

Patel, Mehul S.; Halpern, Joshua A.; Desai, Angel N.; Keeter, Mary Kate; Bennett, Nelson; Brannigan, Robert E.

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2019.11.062

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“…A recently published study based on the analysis of data from Google showed that despite many years of efforts, the "Movember campaign" is not directly identified with testicular or prostate cancer [23,24]. Similar conclusions were drawn in another study, also based on data from Google, which showed that the social campaign on breast cancer ("Pink October") is more popular on the Internet than the campaign on TC and prostate cancer ("Movember campaign") [25]. The results of the studies referred to above, as well as ours, may lead to a common conclusion as to the limited effectiveness of the "Movember campaign" due to the lack of a clear message and limited coverage, in particular in social media.…”

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Attitudes about Testicular Self-Examination among Polish Males

Milecki

Majchrzak²,

Balcerek

et al. 2021

Biology

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Introduction: Epidemiological data indicate an increased incidence of testicular cancer (TC), making it the most common malignant tumor in men from aged 15–45. Oncological and urological associations recommend that men with specific TC risk factors should regularly perform a testicular self-exam (TSE). The aim of the study was to discover the attitudes among Polish males regarding TSE and factors (environmental, social, educational) that affect intention to perform TSE. Methods: An original survey containing 21 questions was used to conduct a study among the Polish branch of VW (Volkswagen Poland) employees. Results: A total of 522 fully completed questionnaires were collected. The mean age of the surveyed respondents was 32 years. Information about TC and how to perform TSE was obtained by 34.4% (n = 185) of the men. It was shown that the following factors increase men’s intention to perform TSE: TC in their family member (p < 0.05; HR = 5.9; 95% Cl: 1.5–23.0), GP’s(General Practitioner) recommendations (p < 0.001; HR = 6.8; 95% Cl: 3.2–14.3), concern expressed by their partner (p < 0.001; HR = 3.3; 95% Cl: 2.1–5.3), and social campaigns (p < 0.001; HR = 2.6; 95% Cl: 1.5–4.6). Conclusions: Approximately half of young polish males do not perform TSE. Access to information on TC prevention is limited. Further action is needed to improve men’s awareness of TC and TSE.

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Attitudes about Testicular Self-Examination among Polish Males

Milecki

Majchrzak²,

Balcerek

et al. 2021

Biology

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“…Far mostly, Google Trends TM is used to monitor disease control and awareness in cancer, HIV or stroke, but also in rare diseases like antiphospholipid syndrome or systemic lupus erythematosus (Ling and Lee, 2016;Mahroum et al, 2019;Sciascia and Radin, 2017;Sciascia et al, 2018). Google Trends TM can be used to detect success rates of awareness programs and predict infectious outbreaks worldwide (McLean et al, 2019;Patel et al, 2020).…”

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Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with Internet Search Volumes: A Google TrendsTM Analysis

Effenberger¹,

Kronbichler²,

Smıth³

et al. 2020

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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To assess the association of public interest in coronavirus infections with the actual number of infected cases for selected countries across the globe. Methods: We performed a Google Trends TM search for "Coronavirus" and compared Relative Search Volumes (RSV) indices to the number of reported COVID-19 cases by the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) using time-lag correlation analysis. Results: Worldwide public interest in Coronavirus reached its first peak end of January when numbers of newly infected patients started to increase exponentially in China. The worldwide Google Trends TM index reached its peak on the 12th of March 2020 at a time when numbers of infected patients started to increase in Europe and COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. At this time the general interest in China but also the Republic of Korea has already been significantly decreased as compared to end of January. Correlations between RSV indices and number of new COVID-19 cases were observed across all investigated countries with highest correlations observed with a time lag of À11.5 days, i.e. highest interest in coronavirus observed 11.5 days before the peak of newly infected cases. This pattern was very consistent across European countries but also holds true for the US. In Brazil and Australia, highest correlations were observed with a time lag of À7 days. In Egypt the highest correlation is given with a time lag of 0, potentially indicating that in this country, numbers of newly infected patients will increase exponentially within the course of April. Conclusions: Public interest indicated by RSV indices can help to monitor the progression of an outbreak such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Public interest is on average highest 11.5 days before the peak of newly infected cases.

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“…Thus far, Google Trends has been primarily used to monitor disease control and awareness in cancer, HIV, or stroke and also in rare diseases such as antiphospholipid syndrome or systemic lupus erythematosus [ 35 , 58 - 60 ]. Google Trends offers a wide range of capabilities, with one being the detection of success rates of awareness programs [ 61 , 62 ].…”

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Using Infodemiology Metrics to Assess Public Interest in Liver Transplantation: Google Trends Analysis

Effenberger¹,

Kronbichler²,

Bettac³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Liver transplantation (LT) is the only curative treatment for end-stage liver disease. Less than 10% of global transplantation needs are met worldwide, and the need for LT is still increasing. The death rates on the waiting list remain too high. Objective It is, therefore, critical to raise awareness among the public and health care providers and in turn increasingly acquire donors. Methods We performed a Google Trends search using the search terms liver transplantation and liver transplant on October 15, 2020. On the basis of the resulting monthly data, the annual average Google Trends indices were calculated for the years 2004 to 2018. We not only investigated the trend worldwide but also used data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), Spain, and Eurotransplant. Using pairwise Spearman correlations, Google Trends indices were examined over time and compared with the total number of liver transplants retrieved from the respective official websites of UNOS, the Organización Nacional de Trasplantes, and Eurotransplant. Results From 2004 to 2018, there was a significant decrease in the worldwide Google Trends index from 78.2 in 2004 to 20.5 in 2018 (–71.2%). This trend was more evident in UNOS than in the Eurotransplant group. In the same period, the number of transplanted livers increased worldwide. The waiting list mortality rate was 31% for Eurotransplant and 29% for UNOS. However, in Spain, where there are excellent awareness programs, the Google Trends index remained stable over the years with comparable, increasing LT numbers but a significantly lower waiting list mortality (15%). Conclusions Public awareness in LT has decreased significantly over the past two decades. Therefore, novel awareness programs should be initialized.

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Success of Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness Campaigns Compared to Breast Cancer Awareness Month According to Internet Search Volumes: A Google Trends Analysis

Cited by 33 publications

References 23 publications

Attitudes about Testicular Self-Examination among Polish Males

Attitudes about Testicular Self-Examination among Polish Males

Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with Internet Search Volumes: A Google TrendsTM Analysis

Using Infodemiology Metrics to Assess Public Interest in Liver Transplantation: Google Trends Analysis

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