Your browser doesn't support javascript.
Analysis of anxiety and depression during the Covid-19 pandemic using Google Trends
Ansiedad y Estres ; 27(2-3):172-177, 2021.
Article in Spanish | APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2295722
ABSTRACT
Anxiety and depression disorders have a high prevalence in the population, sometimes generated by exceptional situations such as the Covid-19 pandemic. The prevalence of these mental disorders could be inferred with Google Trends, a tool that analyzes Internet search holdings by time ranges and geographic location. In order to study the relationship between search trends for the terms "Anxiety" and "Depression" and their prevalence in Spain during the Covid-19 pandemic, a selective search analysis was carried out based on geographic variables (Madrid, Andalusia, Catalonia) and temporary (weeks in 2020). The words "Anxiety", "Depression" and "Covid-19" were taken into account to make the estimates of search trends in Google Trends. The results showed significant differences between the autonomous communities in their interest in searching for information on depression, as well as a different temporal progression, both in anxiety and depression, which would reflect the fluctuations in the evolution of epidemiological data in each geographic region. Tools such as Google Trends would allow the health community to implement prevention strategies in the event of the detection of peaks of concern for certain mental disorders in specific regions and time periods. This is especially relevant if the prevalence of these disorders in the population can negatively interfere with the effectiveness of prevention and health containment policies in emergency situations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) Los trastornos de ansiedad y depresion tienen una alta prevalencia en la poblacion, en algunas ocasiones generada por situaciones excepcionales como la pandemia del Covid-19. La prevalencia de estos trastornos mentales podria inferirse con Google Trends, una herramienta que analiza las tenencias de busqueda en Internet por rangos de tiempo y localizacion geografica. Con el objetivo de estudiar la relacion entre las tendencias de busqueda de los terminos "Ansiedad" y "Depresion" y su prevalencia en Espana durante la pandemia del Covid-19, se realizo un analisis de busqueda selectiva a partir de variables geograficas (Madrid, Andalucia, Cataluna) y temporales (semanas ano 2020). Se tuvieron en cuenta las palabras "Ansiedad", "Depresion" y "Covid-19", para realizar las estimaciones de las tendencias de busqueda en Google Trends. Los resultados mostraron diferencias significativas entre las comunidades autonomas en el interes por la busqueda de informacion sobre depresion, asi como una progresion temporal diferente, tanto en ansiedad como en depresion, que reflejaria las fluctuaciones en la evolucion de los datos epidemiologicos en cada region geografica. Herramientas como Google Trends permitirian a la comunidad sanitaria implementar estrategias de prevencion ante la deteccion de picos de preocupacion por determinados trastornos mentales en regiones y periodos temporales concretos. Esto resulta especialmente relevante si la prevalencia de estos trastornos en la poblacion puede interferir negativamente con la eficacia de las politicas de prevencion y contencion sanitaria en situaciones de emergencia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Language: Spanish Journal: Ansiedad y Estres Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Language: Spanish Journal: Ansiedad y Estres Year: 2021 Document Type: Article