Singh Swarndeep, Balhara Yatan Pal Singh
Department of Psychiatry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, India.
Department of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2024 Jan;66(1):111-115. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_473_23. Epub 2024 Jan 25.
The United Nations Organizations observe various global public health days (GPHDs) (also known as world days) throughout the year. We aimed to assess the impact of GPSDs on online health information-seeking behavior related to substance use in the Indian context. We used the Google Trends data for this study using standard guidelines. We conducted a topic search for the query "Substance abuse" to capture online information-seeking behavior (OHISB) for substance use disorder-related searches. The data were analyzed using the Joinpoint Regression software. Joinpoint regression model analysis was conducted to determine the statistically significant daily percent change (DPC) in the RSV trend. We found that there were significant changes in OHISB for substance use-related disorders on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking over the last five years. The increase in the pattern of online search for substance use-related information was not observed around the World No Tobacco Day, World Mental Health Day, and World Suicide Prevention Day. Since most of these world health days are likely to continue to be observed in the coming years, it is important to regularly assess their impact as well as make the necessary modifications to make them more effective in achieving the desired objectives.
联合国各组织全年都会纪念各种全球公共卫生日（GPHDs）（也称为世界日）。我们旨在评估全球公共卫生日对印度背景下与物质使用相关的在线健康信息搜索行为的影响。本研究使用谷歌趋势数据，并遵循标准指南。我们针对查询词“药物滥用”进行了主题搜索，以获取与物质使用障碍相关搜索的在线信息搜索行为（OHISB）。使用Joinpoint回归软件对数据进行分析。进行Joinpoint回归模型分析以确定RSV趋势中具有统计学意义的每日百分比变化（DPC）。我们发现，在过去五年中，国际禁止药物滥用和非法贩运日当天，与物质使用相关障碍的在线信息搜索行为发生了显著变化。在世界无烟日、世界心理健康日和世界预防自杀日前后，未观察到与物质使用相关信息的在线搜索模式有所增加。由于未来几年这些世界卫生日中的大多数可能仍会继续纪念，因此定期评估其影响并进行必要的调整，使其在实现预期目标方面更有效，这一点很重要。
