Global online interest in cervical cancer care in the time of COVID-19: An infodemiology study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Internet search trends may gauge public awareness and interest in cancer and help identify key areas for improvement in public health interventions and awareness campaigns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, cervical cancer screening significantly decreased, and we hypothesized that this would be mirrored by a decreased online interest in cervical cancer care.

Methods

Using the Google Trends database, we analyzed 2018-2021 global search trends in the following topics: cervical cancer, human papillomavirus, HPV vaccine, Cervarix, Gardasil, Pap test, HPV test, and colposcopy. Search trends were reported in the unit search volume index (SVI), which correlated with country-specific socioeconomic and epidemiologic characteristics.

Results

We found a sharp decline i

SUBMITTER: Eala MAB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9085355 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature