Zevallos-Morales Alejandro, Málaga Marco, Taype-Rondan Alvaro
Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú.
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2017 Mar-Apr;55(2):161-169.
The aim of this article is to evaluate the interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies using Google Trends in spanish-speaking countries.
An observational study was conducted using GoogleTrends. The search volume of 34 CAM therapies in spanish were evaluated globally and in 21 spanish-speaking countries. Also, the relationship between the median of the most popular searches and the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in each of the countries was evaluated using Spearman's test.
A decreased trend in search volume was observed in homeopathy, herbal medicine, acupunctureand sensory therapies; and an increasing trend in chiropraxy. A direct association was observed between the GDP per capita and the median between the most popular CAM therapies, this relationship was no significant (p = 0.432).
The interest in CAM therapies shows temporal and geographic variations that must be studied in depth. These results can be used for the establishment of an international monitoring for the use of CAM therapies.
本文旨在利用谷歌趋势评估西班牙语国家对补充和替代医学（CAM）疗法的关注度。
采用谷歌趋势进行一项观察性研究。对34种西班牙语的补充和替代医学疗法在全球及21个西班牙语国家的搜索量进行了评估。此外，使用斯皮尔曼检验评估了每个国家最热门搜索的中位数与人均国内生产总值（GDP）之间的关系。
顺势疗法、草药医学、针灸和感觉疗法的搜索量呈下降趋势；整脊疗法呈上升趋势。观察到人均GDP与最热门的补充和替代医学疗法的中位数之间存在直接关联，但这种关系不显著（p = 0.432）。
对补充和替代医学疗法的关注度存在时间和地域差异，必须深入研究。这些结果可用于建立补充和替代医学疗法使用情况的国际监测。
