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ArticleJMIR dermatology2026

Public Interest in Sun Protection and Misinformation: A Google Trends and TikTok Analysis.

Rajyk Bhala, Sriram Ambadi, Reid Oldenburg

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Article in JMIR dermatology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rajyk BhalaDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 8899 University Center Lane, Suite 350, San Diego, CA, 92122, United States, 1 8328077286.ORCID 0000-0001-6089-6177
Sriram AmbadiDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 8899 University Center Lane, Suite 350, San Diego, CA, 92122, United States, 1 8328077286.ORCID 0009-0006-2321-7714
Reid OldenburgDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 8899 University Center Lane, Suite 350, San Diego, CA, 92122, United States, 1 8328077286.ORCID 0000-0003-1423-4927

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: In this analysis of Google Trends and TikTok content, public interest in anti-sun protection topics increased in recent years, while non-physician-created content demonstrated similar engagement but lower quality and viewer experience than physician-created content, highlighting a mismatch between public interest and information accuracy.

Indexed as

CommunicationInternetSearch EngineSocial MediaSunscreening AgentsDigital MediaHumansSunscreening AgentsdermatologyGoogle Trendshealth informationmisinformationsocial mediasun protectionsunscreenTikTok

Identifiers

PMID42490535
PMCPMC13394847

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.