Gittings Daniel, Mohty Kurt, Kelpin John, Lashkari Nassim, Stevanovic Milan, Nicholson Luke
Department of Orthopedics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
J Surg Orthop Adv. 2023 Spring;32(1):14-16.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has strained many healthcare systems. Google Trends is a tool that provides information on online interest in selected keywords and topics over time. The purpose of this study is to describe the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on online interest in elective shoulder pathology. Online search pattern data were obtained via Google Trends from November 2019 to November 2020 using the search terms 'orthopedic surgery' and 'shoulder pathology' search terms. Relative search volume index (SVI) graphs were generated from this data and the 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases in the United States. Orthopaedic surgery and shoulder pathology search trends decreased during March 2020 with a sudden rise in the 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases. After March 2020, orthopaedic surgery and shoulder pathology search terms approached pre-COVID-19 pandemic values despite continued increases in the 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases. (Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances 32(1):014-016, 2023).
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行给许多医疗系统带来了压力。谷歌趋势是一种工具，可提供有关选定关键词和主题随时间推移的在线关注度信息。本研究的目的是描述COVID-19大流行对择期肩部疾病在线关注度的影响。通过谷歌趋势，使用搜索词“骨科手术”和“肩部疾病”，获取了2019年11月至2020年11月的在线搜索模式数据。根据这些数据以及美国新增COVID-19病例的7天平均值生成了相对搜索量指数（SVI）图表。2020年3月，随着新增COVID-19病例7天平均值的突然上升，骨科手术和肩部疾病的搜索趋势下降。2020年3月之后，尽管新增COVID-19病例的7天平均值持续上升，但骨科手术和肩部疾病的搜索词接近COVID-19大流行前的值。（《外科骨科进展杂志》32(1):014 - 016, 2023）
