İnternette bazı tıbbi terimlerin aranma sıklığı: Google trends analizi

Amaç: Google, internette en sık kullanılan arama motorlarından biridir. Alt servisi Google trends arama eğilimlerini analiz etmektedir. Bu çalışmada web kullanıcılarının sağlık bilgisi için arama eğilimlerini değerlendirmeyi amaçladık.Materyal ve metod: “AIDS, diyabet, depresyon, gebelik ve başağrısı” terimleri Google Trends ile Ocak 2004'den Ocak 2011'e kadar analiz edildi.Bulgular: En fazla aranan terim gebelik idi. AIDS aramaları her yıl Dünya AIDS Günü'nde pik yapmakta fakat yıllar içerisinde etkinliğini kaybetmekteydi.Sonuç: Trend analizi internette sağlık bilgisinin sunumunda kullanışlı olabilir

Anahtar Kelimeler:

AIDS, internet, gebelik, Google Trends

Search frequencies of some medical terms in internet: Google trends analysis

Background: Google is one of the most used search engines in internet. Its sub-service Google Trends analyze the search trends. We aimed to evaluate the web users' search trends of health information in this study.Methods: The terms of “AIDS, diabetes, depression, pregnancy, and headache” were analyzed with Google Trends from January 2004 to January 2011.Results: The most searched term was pregnancy. AIDS search has peaked on “World AIDS Day” every year, but has lost its impact for the following years.Conclusions: Trend analysis may be useful for providing health information in internet

Keywords:

AIDS, internet, pregnancy, Google Trends,

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