Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interest in renal diseases

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Ozgur Akin Oto
Sinan Kardeş
Nurane Guller
Seda Safak
Ahmet Burak Dirim
Yağmur Başhan
Erol Demir
Ayse Serra Artan
Halil Yazıcı
Aydın Turkmen
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[1] Istanbul University,Department of Nephrology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
[2] Istanbul University,Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
[3] Haseki Education Research Hospital,Department of Nephrology
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2022年 / 29卷
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Kidney diseases;; Nephrology;; Nephrological diseases;; Nephrologist;; COVID-19;; Google Trends;
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There is an information gap about the public’s interest in nephrological diseases in the COVID-19 era. The objective was to identify public interest in kidney diseases during the pandemic. In this infodemiology study, Google Trends was queried for a total of 50 search queries corresponding to a broad spectrum of nephrological diseases and the term “nephrologist.” Two time intervals of 2020 (March 15–July 4 and July 5–October 31) were compared to similar time intervals of 2016–2019 for providing information on interest in different phases of the pandemic. Compared to the prior 4 years, analyses showed significant decreases in relative search volume (RSV) in the majority (76%) of search queries on March 15–July 4, 2020 period. However, RSV of the majority of search queries (≈70%) on July 5–October 31, 2020 period was not significantly different from similar periods of the previous 4 years, with an increase in search terms of amyloidosis, kidney biopsy, hematuria, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, nephrolithiasis, acute kidney injury, and Fabry disease. During the early pandemic, there have been significant decreases in search volumes for many nephrological diseases. However, this trend reversed in the period from July 5 to October 31, 2020, implying the increased need for information on kidney diseases. The results of this study enable us to understand how COVID-19 impacted the interest in kidney diseases and demands/needs for kidney diseases by the general public during the pandemic.
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