新冠疫情期间的口腔挑战和民众需求。利用谷歌趋势进行实时监测。
Dental Challenges and the Needs of the Population during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period. Real-Time Surveillance Using Google Trends.
机构信息
Individual Dental Practice, 70734 Szczecin, Poland.
Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Surveillance, National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, 00791 Warsaw, Poland.
出版信息
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 3;17(23):8999. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238999.
BACKGROUND
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to changes in the dental needs of the population and new challenges concerning oral health care.
METHODS
The Google Trends tool was used to collect data on the Internet search interest. The investigated material was collected from 1 January 2020 to 23 August 2020. Search terms "toothache", "dentist" and "stay at home" were retrieved for the whole world as well as for the US, the UK, Poland, Italy and Sweden.
RESULTS
During the lockdown, correlation analysis indicates the lowest public interest in the word "dentist" one week preceding the peak for "toothache", followed by an increase in the word search for "dentist". On 12 April, worldwide, the maximum of Google Trends Relative Search Volume (RSV) for "toothache" was observed.
CONCLUSION
Decrease in "dentist" queries during lockdown followed by an increase in "toothache" search predicts greater dental needs in the post-pandemic period. The surveillance shows significant changes in queries for dental-related terms during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to prepare for future pandemic outbreaks teledentistry programs should be taken into consideration.
背景
COVID-19 大流行的爆发可能导致人口对牙科需求的变化，并对口腔保健带来新的挑战。
方法
使用 Google Trends 工具收集互联网搜索兴趣数据。调查材料于 2020 年 1 月 1 日至 2020 年 8 月 23 日期间收集。检索了全世界、美国、英国、波兰、意大利和瑞典的“牙痛”、“牙医”和“居家”的搜索词。
结果
在封锁期间，相关分析表明，在“牙痛”达到高峰前一周，公众对“牙医”一词的兴趣最低，随后对“牙医”的搜索量增加。4 月 12 日，全球“牙痛”的 Google Trends 相对搜索量（RSV）达到最大值。
结论
封锁期间“牙医”查询减少，随后“牙痛”搜索增加，预示着大流行后牙科需求将会增加。监测显示，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，与牙科相关的术语查询发生了显著变化。为了为未来的大流行爆发做好准备，应考虑远程牙科计划。
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