Infodemiology of Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis using Google  Trends - an approach to investigate patient needs.

CONCLUSION:  This study showed a need of information concerning symptoms, nutrition and therapy that should be considered during patient education. Since time in physician patient dialogue is short it may be helpful to further evaluate websites independently in order to give recommendations of websites offering reliable information.
PMID: 32018314 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie - February 3, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Keller R, Fusco S, Stange EF, Malek NP, Wehkamp J, Klag T Tags: Z Gastroenterol Source Type: research