Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Topkapı, Turgut Özal Millet Cd, 34093, Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey.
Z Rheumatol. 2022 Apr;81(3):247-252. doi: 10.1007/s00393-021-00989-2. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
The goal was to assess public interest in a wide range of musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
We searched Google Trends for 118 search queries within the United States. We compared two timeframes of 2020 (March 15-July 4 and July 5-October 31) to similar timeframes over the four prior years (2016-2019).
In the early pandemic, March 15-July 4, a statistically significant decrease in relative search volume of the majority of queries (60%) was detected, with a significant increase in only 2 queries (i.e. myalgia and toe swelling). In the phase July through October, a statistically significant decrease was detected in only 22% of search queries; there was no difference for 60% of search queries between 2020 and 2016-2019 suggesting a return to their prior levels for most of search queries. Interestingly, the search volume of 18% of search queries (i.e. fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, myalgia, spondylosis, radiculopathy, myelopathy, neck pain, neck strain, lower back strain, sciatica, shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, elbow pain, lateral epicondylitis, wrist pain, carpal tunnel, hand pain, finger pain, trigger finger, and Morton's neuroma) was significantly increased compared with the four prior years.
Public interest focused on COVID-19 and sought online information for COVID-19 symptoms in the early pandemic. In the period July through October, there was an upward trend in musculoskeletal symptoms and some colloquial terms/well-known musculoskeletal conditions coupled with a downward trend in general musculoskeletal disorder terms and certain specific diagnoses. This information may help rheumatologists understand public interest in musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders and address the needs of patients to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on outcomes.
评估在 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，公众对广泛的肌肉骨骼症状和疾病的关注。
我们在美国的 Google Trends 中搜索了 118 个搜索查询。我们将 2020 年的两个时间段（3 月 15 日至 7 月 4 日和 7 月 5 日至 10 月 31 日）与前四年（2016-2019 年）的类似时间段进行了比较。
在大流行早期（3 月 15 日至 7 月 4 日），检测到大多数查询（60%）的相对搜索量显著下降，仅两个查询（即肌痛和脚趾肿胀）的搜索量显著增加。在 7 月至 10 月期间，仅 22%的搜索查询显示出统计学上的显著下降；2020 年与 2016-2019 年之间 60%的搜索查询没有差异，表明大多数搜索查询已恢复到之前的水平。有趣的是，18%的搜索查询（即疲劳、关节痛、肌肉痛、肌痛、颈椎病、神经根病、脊髓病、颈痛、颈肌拉伤、下腰痛、坐骨神经痛、肩痛、冻结肩、肘痛、外侧上髁炎、腕痛、腕管综合征、手痛、手指痛、扳机指和莫顿神经瘤）的搜索量与前四年相比显著增加。
公众关注 COVID-19，并在大流行早期在线搜索 COVID-19 症状的信息。在 7 月至 10 月期间，肌肉骨骼症状呈上升趋势，一些俗语/知名肌肉骨骼疾病与一般肌肉骨骼疾病术语和某些特定诊断呈下降趋势。这些信息可以帮助风湿病学家了解公众对肌肉骨骼症状和疾病的兴趣，并满足患者的需求，以减轻大流行对结果的负面影响。
