School of Dentistry, Southwestern University PHINMA, Cebu, Philippines.
Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2020 Apr 1;21(4):1121-1127. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.4.1121.
Objective: This study analyzed the health-seeking behavior of Filipinos using Google Trends tool to quantify relative search volume by term . Oral cancer, mouth cancer, tongue cancer, gum cancer, and lip cancer were used as predetermined search terms. Material and method: Comma-separated values file containing relative search volumes of search trends pertaining to oral cancer from 2009 to 2019 were assessed. Brown-Forsythe one-way ANOVA was used to measure differences with respect to oral cancer across different years and months. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was applied to detect differences regarding mouth cancer, tongue cancer, gum cancer, and lip cancer across the years. Time series models were fitted and used to forecast search interests. Results: The results revealed that interest in oral cancer was significantly higher in 2019 (43.75±5.5, p<0.05) compared to 2009 (29.0 ± 6.7). In terms of months, searches were higher in February (45.0 ± 6.6) compared to May (24.8 ± 3.4, p=0.015), June (25.3 ± 4.4, p=0.020), and December (26.5 ± 4.0, p=0.038). Search interests for gum cancer and lip cancer remained significantly lower from 2011 to 2019, and tongue cancer from 2016 to 2018 but approximated mouth cancer in 2019. The forecast showed that mouth cancer (31.67%), tongue cancer (23.75%), and lip cancer (3.83%) would fluctuate through time pass, while gum cancer (8%) would remain steady in 2020. Conclusion: Health-seeking behavior through search trends showed an increased interest in oral cancer in 2019 and during February. It was anticipated that search interests would fluctuate in 2020, but at the end of the year would decrease for mouth cancer and tongue cancer, increase for lip cancer, and remain steady for gum cancer.
本研究使用 Google Trends 工具分析菲律宾人的就医行为，通过术语量化相对搜索量。口腔癌、口癌、舌癌、牙龈癌和唇癌被用作预定的搜索词。
评估了 2009 年至 2019 年与口腔癌相关的搜索趋势的相对搜索量的逗号分隔值文件。Brown-Forsythe 单向方差分析用于衡量不同年份的口腔癌之间的差异。双向重复测量方差分析用于检测不同年份的口癌、舌癌、牙龈癌和唇癌之间的差异。拟合时间序列模型并用于预测搜索兴趣。
结果显示，2019 年（43.75±5.5，p<0.05）对口腔癌的兴趣明显高于 2009 年（29.0 ± 6.7）。就月份而言，2 月（45.0 ± 6.6）的搜索量高于 5 月（24.8 ± 3.4，p=0.015）、6 月（25.3 ± 4.4，p=0.020）和 12 月（26.5 ± 4.0，p=0.038）。2011 年至 2019 年，牙龈癌和唇癌的搜索兴趣仍然明显较低，2016 年至 2018 年舌癌的搜索兴趣较低，但 2019 年接近口癌。预测显示，口癌（31.67%）、舌癌（23.75%）和唇癌（3.83%）将随着时间的推移而波动，而牙龈癌（8%）将在 2020 年保持稳定。
通过搜索趋势的健康寻求行为显示，2019 年 2 月对口腔癌的兴趣增加。预计 2020 年搜索兴趣将波动，但年底口癌和舌癌的搜索兴趣将下降，唇癌的搜索兴趣将增加，牙龈癌的搜索兴趣将保持稳定。
