European national health plans and the monitoring of online searches for information on diabetes mellitus in different European healthcare systems.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious non-communicable disease (NCD) and relies on the patient being aware of their condition, proactive, and having adequate medical care. European countries healthcare models are aware of the impact of these variables. This study evaluates the impact of online health information seeking behavior (OHISB) during World Diabetes Mellitus Day (WDMD) in European countries from 2014 to 2019 by grouping countries according to the changes in citizens' search behavior, diabetes mellitus prevalence, the existence of National Health Plans (NHP), and their respective healthcare systems. We extracted data from Global Burden of Disease, Google Trends (GT), Public Health European Commission, European Coalition for Diabetes, and the Spanish Ministry of Health. First, we used

SUBMITTER: Bosch-Frigola I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729732 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature