TY - JOUR
T1 - Interest on the internet for systemic lupus erythematosus
T2 - Analysis of Google Trends in Latin American countries
AU - Tejada-Llacsa, Paul J.
AU - Villacorta-Landeo, Pamela
AU - Aguilar-Buitrón, Eder
AU - Alarcón, Graciela S.
AU - Ugarte-Gil, Manuel F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Background/Objective: Information available on the internet about Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can influence the doctor-patient relationship. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the terms used for SLE on the internet. Methods: We analyzed the data downloaded from Google Trends, considering the term “Lupus” in a six-year web-based research. The frequency of the terms for each Pan-American country was obtained automatically from Google Trends, which reports relative search volumes or RSV (on a scale from 0 to 100) across regions. Results: We obtained a total of 67 registered terms in 18 countries. The terms were distributed into five categories. The categories with interest in all countries were “definition” and “symptoms”. Conclusions: Google Trends allows us to find useful information about SLE on the internet; once the accuracy of this information is validated, it can be used by patients, health institutions, rheumatologists and other health professionals.
AB - Background/Objective: Information available on the internet about Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can influence the doctor-patient relationship. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the terms used for SLE on the internet. Methods: We analyzed the data downloaded from Google Trends, considering the term “Lupus” in a six-year web-based research. The frequency of the terms for each Pan-American country was obtained automatically from Google Trends, which reports relative search volumes or RSV (on a scale from 0 to 100) across regions. Results: We obtained a total of 67 registered terms in 18 countries. The terms were distributed into five categories. The categories with interest in all countries were “definition” and “symptoms”. Conclusions: Google Trends allows us to find useful information about SLE on the internet; once the accuracy of this information is validated, it can be used by patients, health institutions, rheumatologists and other health professionals.
KW - Google Trends
KW - Latin America
KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus
KW - internet
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104782919&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/09612033211010337
DO - 10.1177/09612033211010337
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 33874814
AN - SCOPUS:85104782919
SN - 0961-2033
VL - 30
SP - 1342
EP - 1346
JO - Lupus
JF - Lupus
IS - 8
ER -