Google Trends of Global Surgery

NCT05012085 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0001
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 209
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Global Surgery; Global Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Interest Levels

  Level of interest in Global Surgery based on Google Trends

  January 2004 to May 2021

Interventions

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.

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Any data point included in the Google Trends database relevant to global surgery or global health.

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon: lead

Study Sites (1)

Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2021
• First Posted: August 19, 2021
• Study Start: May 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 27, 2021
• Study Completion: May 27, 2021
• Last Updated: August 19, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Locations

CA (1)