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Tsering Dolkar1, Smitha Gowda2, Saurav Chatterjee3
1Internal Medicine, One Brooklyn Health (OBH) Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
The 2022 Ukraine war saw reduced online searches for cardiac symptoms like chest pain and syncope in Ukraine. This may reflect a shift in focus to immediate war-related issues and internet access challenges.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Public Health
- Digital Epidemiology
Background:
- The 2022 Ukraine-Russian War caused significant psychological distress.
- Anticipated increase in cardiac symptom searches in war-affected regions was hypothesized.
- Google Trends data was analyzed to assess search patterns for cardiac symptoms.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze and compare Google Trends for common cardiac symptoms in Ukraine, Russia, and worldwide.
- To evaluate changes in cardiac symptom search volumes from 2021 to 2022 during the war.
- To test the hypothesis that cardiac symptom searches would increase in war-torn Ukraine.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Google Trends to obtain relative search volume (RSV) data for cardiac symptoms.
- Compared RSV data for two weeks before and after February 24, 2022, with the same period in 2021.
- Employed paired t-tests to assess statistical significance of changes in search trends.
Main Results:
- Overall cardiac symptom searches were lower in Ukraine and Russia than worldwide in both years.
- Ukraine showed significant reductions in searches for chest pain, pedal edema, and syncope in 2022 vs. 2021.
- Russia saw decreased searches for dyspnea, while worldwide searches for dizziness decreased; edema and fatigue searches increased globally.
Conclusions:
- A notable decrease in online searches for specific cardiovascular symptoms (chest pain, pedal edema, syncope) occurred in Ukraine during the war.
- This reduction may be attributed to prioritization of immediate war-related concerns and potential internet accessibility issues.
- The study highlights the complex interplay between geopolitical events and public health information-seeking behaviors.
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