Millions of people around the world use the internet, which is an endless source of information, to conduct health research on diseases. Based on this foresight, DoktorTakvimi, the largest online service provider in its field, prepared the “Turkey’s Online Health Search Report”, revealing the most searched diseases on the internet. According to the results, in 2021, skin diseases, allergies and mole came to the fore the most.
The use of technology and internet is increasing day by day in the world. According to We Are Social’s January 2021 report, there are 4.66 billion internet users, 5.22 billion phone users and 4.2 billion active social media users worldwide. In Turkey, this situation is progressing in parallel with the world. According to the Household Information Technologies Usage Survey of TUIK, 92% of households have access to the internet as of 2021. According to the We Are Social 2021 report, the biggest reason for individuals to go online is information search with a rate of 63%. That is, almost two-thirds of the world’s Internet users use the Internet to find information. According to the results of the research on Health Information Searching Behavior and Related Factors on the Internet and Television, 95.37% of active internet users conduct health research on the internet. Health-related research accounts for 4.5 percent of daily searches made on the internet worldwide.
In this context, the report of DoktorTakvimi, the largest online service provider in its field, based on more than 59 million sessions opened by 39 million 129 thousand 386 users, reveals which diseases are searched the most on the internet, and how these searches are shaped by which cities and geographical regions. putting it.
Most searches were done in the field of dermatology
In 2021, skin diseases took the first place in the most searched diseases and symptoms with 18.8 percent. Allergy took the second place with 13.8 percent, and I took the third place with 13 percent. The first three were followed by the following searches: 10.3 percent hemorrhoids, 9.3 percent pediatric orthopedics, 7.6 percent herniated disc, 7.2 percent risky pregnancy, 6.8 percent varicose veins, 6.7 percent gynecological diseases, 6 percent. inflammatory rheumatism. Thus, searches made in the dermatology branch were 32.2% in total, with skin diseases and mole categories; In the gynecology and obstetrics branch, it was determined that the calls made about risky pregnancy and gynecological diseases had a share of 13.9%.
The most health searches belong to Istanbul
While the city with the highest number of users making health searches was Istanbul with 22.06%, Ankara took the second place with 15.10% and İzmir took the third place with 8.49%. Considering the provinces, the most searched diseases and symptoms in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir are followed by skin diseases, pediatric orthopedic diseases and hemorrhoids; hair loss, mole, herniated disc, obsessive compulsive disorder, varicose veins, gynecological diseases and inflammatory rheumatism.
Regions performing health searches were also determined
According to the determined geographical regions, Marmara took the first place with 31.9 percent, Central Anatolia took the second place with 28 percent, and Aegean took the third place with 13.2 percent. The last on the list was Eastern Anatolia with 2.36 percent. In the Marmara Region, most searches were made for pediatric orthopedic diseases and allergies, after skin diseases. Skin diseases were followed by moles and hemorrhoids in Central Anatolia, and moles and allergies in Aegean.