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Filipinos’ Interest in Oral Cancer
Author
Dalanon, Junhel Southwestern University PHINMA|Tokushima University
Esguerra, Renelson Southwestern University PHINMA
Diano, Liz Muriel Southwestern University PHINMA
Keywords
oral cancer
cancer prevention
trend analysis
health-seeking behavior
Philippines
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Objective: This study analyzed the health-seeking behavior of Filipinos through relative search volume in Google Trends using oral cancer, mouth cancer, tongue cancer, gum cancer, and lip cancer as predetermined search terms. Methods: Comma-separated values files containing relative search volumes of search trends pertaining to oral cancer from 2009 to 2019 were assessed. Brown-Forsythe one-way ANOVA was used to measure differences of oral cancer between years and among months. Repeated measures two-way ANOVA measured differences among the searches for mouth cancer, tongue cancer, gum cancer, and lip cancer through the years. Time series models were fitted and used to forecast search interests. Results: The results revealed that interests in oral cancer were significantly higher in 2019 (43.75±5.5, p<0.05) compared to 2009 (29.0 ± 6.7). In terms of months, searches were higher in February (45.0 ± 6.6) compared to May (24.8 ± 3.4, p=0.015), June (25.3 ± 4.4, p=0.020), and December (26.5 ± 4.0, p=0.038). Search interests for gum cancer and lip cancer remained significantly lower from 2011 to 2019, and tongue cancer from 2016 to 2018 but approximated mouth cancer in 2019. The forecast shows mouth cancer (31.67%), tongue cancer (23.75%), and lip cancer (3.83%) fluctuating through the year, while gum cancer (8%) will remain steady in 2020. Conclusion: Health-seeking behavior through search trends show an increased interest in oral cancer in 2019 and during February. Search interests will fluctuate in 2020, but at the end of the year will decrease for mouth cancer and tongue cancer, will increase for lip cancer, and will remain steady for gum cancer.
Journal Title
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
ISSN
15137368
2476762X
NCID
AA1144905X
Publisher
Asia Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention
Volume
21
Issue
4
Start Page
1121
End Page
1127
Published Date
2020-04
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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eng
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Oral Sciences