Google Trends of Global Surgery

Introduction Global surgery is a growing movement worldwide, but its expansion has not been quantified. Google Search is the most popular search engine worldwide, and Google Trends analyzes its queries to determine popularity trends. The investigators used Google Trends to analyze the regional and temporal popularity of global surgery (GS). Furthermore, the investigators compared GS with global health (GH) to understand if the two were correlated.

Methods The investigators searched the terms "global surgery" and "global health" on Google Trends (Google Inc., CA, USA) from January 2004 to May 2021. The investigators identified time trends and compared the two search terms using SPSS v26 (IBM, WA, USA) to run summary descriptive analyses and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.

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Key information

Conditions

Global Surgery Global Health

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Data point from Google Trends concerning Global Surgery
Data point from Google Trends concerning Global Health
Data point from Google Trends between January 2004 and May 2021

Exclusion criteria

Data point from Google Trends before January 2004
Data point from Google Trends after May 2021
Data point from Google Trends outside the scope of Global Surgery or Global Health

Treatment and study plan

Investigation of Global Interest in Global Surgery

Other

The investigators searched the terms "global surgery" and "global health" on Google Trends (Google Inc., CA, USA) from January 2004 to May 2021. The investigators identified time trends and compared the two search terms using SPSS v26 (IBM, WA, USA) to run summary descriptive analyses and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.

Primary outcomes

Interest Levels

Time frame: January 2004 to May 2021

Level of interest in Global Surgery based on Google Trends

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Using Google Trends to Gauge the Popularity of Global Surgery Worldwide

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Aug 19, 2021
Registry last updated: Aug 19, 2021

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