Google trends as a tool for evaluating public interest in total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty

CONCLUSION: GT may provide a high utility as a convenient and informative data set for orthopedic surgeons to analyze public interest in TKA and THA procedures. The data provided by GT have the potential to provide real-time, actionable information that may help surgeons and health systems to characterize public interest in TKA and THA and to best identify and address patient needs.RELEVANCE FOR PATIENTS: The GT tool can be used to measure public interest in TKA/THA, which can inform physician expectations for the patient encounter and lead to the creation of decision aids that better inform the public about the risks and benefits of TKA/THA.PMID:34667892 | PMC:PMC8520707

Source: Pain Physician - October 20, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Samuel A Cohen Landon E Cohen Jonathan D Tijerina Gabriel Bouz Rachel Lefebvre Milan Stevanovic Nathanael D Heckmann Source Type: research