Author, as appears in the article.: Bosch-Frigola, Irene; Coca-Villalba, Fernando; Jose Perez-Lacasta, Maria; Carles-Lavila, Misericordia;
Department: Economia
URV's Author/s: Bosch Frigola, Irene / Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia / Pérez Lacasta, Maria José
Keywords: Regression Nuisance parameter Healthcare system Google trends Google Factor analysis of mixed data Diabetes mellitus Broken-line models
Abstract: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious non-communicable disease (NCD) and relies on the patient being aware of their condition, proactive, and having adequate medical care. European countries healthcare models are aware of the impact of these variables. This study evaluates the impact of online health information seeking behavior (OHISB) during World Diabetes Mellitus Day (WDMD) in European countries from 2014 to 2019 by grouping countries according to the changes in citizens' search behavior, diabetes mellitus prevalence, the existence of National Health Plans (NHP), and their respective healthcare systems. We extracted data from Global Burden of Disease, Google Trends (GT), Public Health European Commission, European Coalition for Diabetes, and the Spanish Ministry of Health. First, we used the broken-line models to analyze significant changes in search trends (GT) in European Union member countries in the 30-day intervals before and after the WDMD (November 14) from 2014 to 2019. Then the results obtained were used in the second phase to group these countries by factor analysis of mixed data (FAMD) using the prevalence of DM, the existence of NHP, and health models in each country. The calculations were processed using R software (gtrendsR, segmented, Factoextra, and FactoMineR). We established changes in search trends before and after WDMD, highlighting unevenness among European countries. However, significant changes were mostly observed among countries with NHP. These changes in search trends, in addition to being significant, were reiterated over time and occurred especially in countries belonging to the Beveridge Model (Portugal, Spain, and Sweden) and with NHPs in place. Greater awareness of diabetes mellitus among the population and continuous improvements in NHP can improve the patients' quality of life, thus impacting in disease management and healthcare expenditure.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Medicina i Interdisciplinar Farmacia Ciencias sociales Ciências biológicas iii
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: irene.bosch@estudiants.urv.cat mariajose.perez@urv.cat misericordia.carles@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-5906-5632 0000-0003-3796-3014
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Frontiers In Public Health. 10 14
APA: Bosch-Frigola, Irene; Coca-Villalba, Fernando; Jose Perez-Lacasta, Maria; Carles-Lavila, Misericordia; (2022). European national health plans and the monitoring of online searches for information on diabetes mellitus in different European healthcare systems. Frontiers In Public Health, 10(), -14. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1023404
Article's DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1023404
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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