Data-Driven Insights on the Effects of COVID-19 on Public Interest in Medical Aesthetics: Part II (Active Analysis).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected financial and psychosocial factors that influence plastic surgery demand.

Objectives

The authors sought to actively assess public interest changes and the reasons underlying these shifts.

Methods

Using Amazons' Mechanical Turk, we crowdsourced public opinions regarding aesthetic interventions from April 30 to May 3, 2020. The survey assessed prior experience with and interest in 6 aesthetic interventions before and during the pandemic and reasons for changing interest. United States residents aged 18 years and over who passed the attention check were included.

Results

We included 704 of 838 total responses. One-half of respondents were female; the median age group was 25 to 34 years. During the pandemic, 2

SUBMITTER: Jenny HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7665353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature