التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
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Just Google it! Impact of media coverage of an outbreak of high-level azithromycin-resistant on online searches, and attendances, testing and diagnoses at sexual health clinics in England between 2015 and 2016: an interrupted time series analysis using surveillance data. |
| المؤلفون: |
Smolarchuk, Christa, Mohammed, Hamish, Furegato, Martina, Town, Katy, Fifer, Helen, Wilson, Janet, Nardone, Anthony, Lee, Andrew, Hughes, Gwenda |
| المصدر: |
Sexually Transmitted Infections; Dec2019, Vol. 95 Issue 8, p594-601, 8p, 2 Charts, 2 Graphs |
| مستخلص: |
Objectives: To determine if media coverage of an outbreak of high-level azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (HL-AziR) impacted online search interest or was temporally associated with health-seeking behaviours in several English cities.Methods: A descriptive analysis of outbreak-related online media articles and relative search interest (RSI) using Google and an interrupted time series analysis using routine surveillance data from sexual health clinics (SHCs) in England (GUMCAD STI surveillance system). The main outcomes were adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of weekly attendances, gonorrhoea tests and diagnoses of gonorrhoea or 'any STI' in selected cities after media coverage of the outbreak in 2015 and 2016.Results: RSI for outbreak-related terms peaked during media coverage in September 2015 with smaller peaks coinciding with subsequent coverage. The greatest increase in RSI was in Leeds, which coincided with a 63% rise (n=1932; IRR 1.26, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.43) in SHC attendances by women. There was only a 7% (n=1358; IRR 1.01, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.11) increase in attendances by men. Modest increases in outcomes occurred in four other cities with a high RSI. There was no evidence of increases in outcomes in cities, other than Leeds, after subsequent media coverage of the outbreak.Conclusions: National and local media coverage of the HL-AziR outbreak coincided with peak RSI for related terms, and a transient increase in attendances, gonorrhoea tests and diagnoses of gonorrhoea or 'any STI' in some cities with a high RSI. Our analysis demonstrates the potential for media coverage to influence health-seeking behaviours during high-profile STI outbreaks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
