Impact of the World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day and Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week on Population Interest Between 2016 and 2020: Google Trends Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 6 million people are affected by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) globally. The World IBD Day (WID, May 19) and Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week (CCAW, December 1-7) occur yearly as national health observances to raise public awareness of IBD, but their effects are unclear.

Objective

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between WID or CCAW and the public health awareness on IBD represented by the Google search engine query data.

Methods

This study evaluates the impact of WID and CCAW on the public awareness of IBD in the United States and worldwide from 2016 to 2020 by using the relative search volume of "IBD," "ulcerative colitis," and "Crohn's disease" in Google Trends. To identify significant time points of trend changes (joi

SUBMITTER: Silangcruz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987196 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature