“Ağız Kanseri Farkındalık Ayı” Etkinliklerinin ToplumÜzerindeki Etkisinin Google Trends® İle Değerlendirilmesi

Amaç: Ağız kanserleri hakkında farkındalık yaratmak amacıyla,‘ağız kanseri farkındalık ayı’ gibi çeşitli etkinliklerdüzenlenmektedir. ® Bu çalışmada Google Trends® kullanılarakağız kanserleri ile ilgili terimlerin aranma popülaritesinindeğerlendirilmesi ve çeşitli ağız kanseri farkındalık etkinlikleri ileilişkilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Google Trends® uygulamasından, “oralcancer” ve “mouth cancer” terimlerinin ABD, Birleşik Krallık vedünya genelinde arama hacim indeksleri elde edildi. Türkiye içinde; “ağız kanseri”, “dil kanseri”, “dudak kanseri” ve “damakkanseri” terimleri kullanıldı. Farklı topluluklar tarafından organizeedilen etkinlik ayları olan Nisan, Eylül ve Kasım aylarında ilgiliterimler için arama hacim indeksleri hesaplandı. Bulgular: “Mouth cancer” ve “oral cancer” terimleri için Kasımayı arama hacim indeksleri Birleşik Krallık’ ta ve Nisan ayı aramahacim indeksleri ABD’ de diğer ayların ortalamalarından yüksekbulundu (p

Investigation of The Effect of “Mouth Cancer AwarenessMonth” Events On Society with Google Trends®

Background: To create awareness about oral cancers, variousevents are being organized such as “oral cancer awarenessmonth”. Google Trends® is an application which is used todetermine the relative frequency of a search term and is used fordifferent purposes in the field of medicine, recently. The aim of thisstudy is to determine the research popularity of terms about oralcancers using Google Trends® and to investigate the relationshipbetween various awareness events. Methods: Search Volume Indexes for terms “oral cancer” and“mouth cancer” for the USA, United Kingdom, and worldwide wereobtained from Google Trends®. Also, for Turkey “ağız kanseri”, “dilkanseri”, “dudak kanseri” and “damak kanseri” terms were used.Average search volume indexes of all terms for April, Septemberand November, which are declared as oral cancer awarenessmonths by different societies, were calculated. Results: For terms, “mouth cancer” and “oral cancer”, Novemberaverages in the United Kingdom and April averages in the USAwere higher compared to all months (p

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