Keitoku Koichi, Nishimura Yoshito, Hagiya Hideharu, Koyama Toshihiro, Otsuka Fumio
Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 7008558, Japan.
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct;111:12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.018. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
To evaluate the impact of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) on public awareness of antimicrobial resistance using Google Trends analysis.
The impact of WAAW on public awareness of 'antimicrobial resistance' (AMR), 'antibacterial', and 'antibiotics' in Japan, the UK, the United States, and worldwide from 2015 to 2020 was analyzed, using the relative search volume (RSV) of Google Trends as a surrogate. A joinpoint regression analysis was performed to identify a statistically significant time point of a change in trend.
No joinpoints around WAAW were identified in Japan, the United Kingdom, or the United States from 2015 to 2020 with RSVs of 'AMR', whereas increasing RSVs were noted worldwide in 2017 and 2020. Further, there were decreasing RSVs of 'antibiotics' in the first half of 2020, which could be due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study results suggest that WAAW did little to improve public awareness of AMR in the selected countries despite its contribution worldwide.
This study implies that we need to develop a more effective method to improve public awareness to fight against AMR.
利用谷歌趋势分析评估世界提高抗微生物药物认识周（WAAW）对公众对抗微生物药物耐药性认识的影响。
以谷歌趋势的相对搜索量（RSV）为替代指标，分析了2015年至2020年WAAW对日本、英国、美国及全球公众对“抗微生物药物耐药性”（AMR）、“抗菌”和“抗生素”的认识的影响。进行了连接点回归分析，以确定趋势变化的统计学显著时间点。
2015年至2020年，在日本、英国或美国，“AMR”的RSV未发现WAAW前后的连接点，而全球范围内2017年和2020年的RSV有所增加。此外，2020年上半年“抗生素”的RSV有所下降，这可能是由于新冠疫情。研究结果表明，尽管WAAW在全球范围内做出了贡献，但对所选国家公众对AMR的认识提升作用不大。
本研究表明，我们需要开发一种更有效的方法来提高公众对抗微生物药物耐药性的认识，以对抗AMR。
