ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
"Dr. Google, I am in Pain"-Global Internet Searches Associated with Pain: A Retrospective Analysis of Google Trends Data.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Characteristics, Uses, and Biases of Studies Related to Malignancies Using Google Trends: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
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- Navigation, Adoption, and Use of Digital Health Technologies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self-Management: Focus Group Study of Patient Experience and Decision-Making.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Social Media Listening and Digital Profiling Study of People With Headache and Migraine: Retrospective Infodemiology Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Interest of Google Queries in Cancer Screening and Cancers: A Retrospective Study.Cancers · 2023Article
- Mining Google Trends data for nowcasting and forecasting colorectal cancer (CRC) prevalence.PeerJ. Computer science · 2023Article
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- Infodemiological study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on increased headache incidences at the world level.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The Retrospective Analysis of Google Queries Related to Cardiovascular Diseases Symptoms in the Years 2004-2019.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2022Article
- Developing and implementing a new methodology to test the affordability of currently popular weight loss diet meal plans and healthy eating principles.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Comprehension Profile of Patient Education Materials in Endocrine Care.Kansas journal of medicine · 2022Article
- Google Trends for Pain Search Terms in the World's Most Populated Regions Before and After the First Recorded COVID-19 Case: Infodemiological Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- 'Dr. Google, What Is That on My Skin?'-Internet Searches Related to Skin Problems: Google Trends Data from 2004 to 2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Seasonal interest in pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum: a retrospective analysis of Google Trends data.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Seasonality of Back Pain in Italy: An Infodemiology Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Determination of the Popularity of Dietary Supplements Using Google Search Rankings.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Googling on Colonoscopy: A Retrospective Analysis of Search Engine Statistics.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We aimed to rank the most common locations of pain among Google users globally and locally and analyze secular and seasonal trends in pain-related searches in the years 2004-2019. We used data generated by Google Trends (GT) to identify and analyze global interest in topics (
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