{"pk":35508,"title":"Public Interest in Prostatic Artery Embolization: An Analysis of Search Query Data","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Background: Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is an emerging treatment for benign prostatic  hyperplasia (BPH). However, changes in public interest in PAE over time, especially relative to interest in  alternative BPH treatments, are difficult to assess. The online tool for analysis of the popularity of top  search queries (Google Trends; Alphabet Inc) provides a relative search volume (RSV) of specified  keywords and insight about patterns of user searches.\nPurpose: The purpose of this study is to assess changes in public interest in PAE over time and compare  them with changes in public interest in alternative BPH treatments as indicated by search queries.\nMaterial and Methods: Using Google Trends, we identified the RSV of specified keywords within search  queries submitted between 2010 and 2019 in the United States. The RSVs of keywords with high search  volume were identified and normalized on a scale of values from 0 to 100. Interest in PAE was assessed  by comparing RSVs and trends of the keyword \nPAE \nas well as of other prostate-treatment-related  keywords. \nProstate embolization\n was a PAE-related, BPH-treatment-specific keyword with the highest  average RSV. A linear regression analysis was performed to characterize annual search trends of the use  of these keywords. Subsequently, the annual search trend of \nprostate embolization\n was compared with  that of keywords related to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and minimally invasive surgical  treatments (MISTs).\nResults: The mean annual RSV of \nprostate embolization\n increased by 8.6 fold between 2010 and 2019.  However, during this period, the mean RSV of the keywords \ntransurethral resection of the prostate\n and  \nTURP \nwere 3.6 and 49.3 times higher, respectively (P<0.0001), than the mean annual RSV of \nprostate  embolization\n. Moreover, the MIST-related keywords rezum and urolift showed respective mean RSVs 3.1  and 9.0 times higher (P<0.0001) than the mean annual RSV of \nprostate embolization\n.\nConclusions: Search query data can elucidate public interest in interventional radiologic (IR) procedures.  An increase in RSVs of PAE keywords over time suggests increasing public knowledge of and about the  procedure. However, the RSVs of PAE keywords is far lower than the RSVs of keywords related to urologic  surgeries, suggesting the need for continued efforts to educate patients and providers about the nature  and the values of IR procedures.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"prostatic artery embolization"},{"word":"Google Trends"},{"word":"relative search volume"},{"word":"search query"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1js286jv","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Lucas","middle_name":"R","last_name":"Cusumano","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Sipan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Mathevosian","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"James","middle_name":"W","last_name":"Sayre","name_suffix":"","institution":"UCLA Fielding School of Public Health","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Justin","middle_name":"P","last_name":"McWilliams","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-05-14T15:37:34-07:00","date_accepted":"2020-05-14T15:37:34-07:00","date_published":"2022-01-19T15:27:04-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucla_rsp/article/35508/galley/26432/download/"}]}