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The Prevalence of Periodontal Diseases in Portugal and Correspondent Digital National Awareness: Analysis of Data from Global Burden of Disease, Directorate-General of Health and Google Trends for the Period 2004-2017

Vanessa Machado
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João Botelho
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João Albernaz Neves
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Luís Proença
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Ricardo Alves
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Maria Alzira Cavacas
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João Rua
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Ana Delgado
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José João Mendes
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Version 1 : Received: 12 February 2019 / Approved: 13 February 2019 / Online: 13 February 2019 (15:54:04 CET)

How to cite: Machado, V.; Botelho, J.; Albernaz Neves, J.; Proença, L.; Alves, R.; Alzira Cavacas, M.; Rua, J.; Delgado, A.; João Mendes, J. The Prevalence of Periodontal Diseases in Portugal and Correspondent Digital National Awareness: Analysis of Data from Global Burden of Disease, Directorate-General of Health and Google Trends for the Period 2004-2017. Preprints 2019, 2019020123. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201902.0123.v1 Machado, V.; Botelho, J.; Albernaz Neves, J.; Proença, L.; Alves, R.; Alzira Cavacas, M.; Rua, J.; Delgado, A.; João Mendes, J. The Prevalence of Periodontal Diseases in Portugal and Correspondent Digital National Awareness: Analysis of Data from Global Burden of Disease, Directorate-General of Health and Google Trends for the Period 2004-2017. Preprints 2019, 2019020123. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201902.0123.v1

Abstract

Background: The progression of periodontal diseases at national Portuguese level and its public awareness are of great interest, mainly due to the high burden of periodontitis. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence progression of periodontal diseases in Portugal and correspondent public awareness, between 2004 and 2017, by using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Directorate-General of Health (DGH) and Google® Trends (GT). Methods: For the period 2004-2017, Portuguese national data of periodontal diseases prevalence were searched in the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation of GBD and DGH and for public awareness, GT comparison tool between Portuguese words for “Periodontitis”, “Gingivitis”, “Gums” and “Periodontal disease” trends was used. Results: For the period 2004-2017, the overall prevalence of periodontitis slightly increased from 11.3% to 11.7%. During that period the GT search term “Gums” (“Gengivas”) was the most relevant. It increased steadily over time while the search term “Periodontal disease” (“Doença periodontal”) decreased, being these search trends significantly correlated (

Keywords

Medical Illiteracy, Public Awareness, Periodontal Diseases, Global Burden of Disease, Google Trends

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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