Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis.

Thomas Patton Daniela Abramovitz Derek Johnson Eric Craig Leas Alicia L Nobles Theodore L Caputi John W Ayers Steffanie A Strathdee Annick Borquez

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2022)

This study demonstrates the clear potential for using internet search queries from Google Trends as an infoveillance tool to predict the demand for substance use treatment spatially and temporally, especially for opioid use disorders.

Keyphrases

mental health
cross sectional
healthcare
risk assessment
health information
replacement therapy
social media
human health