@article{ref1,
title="COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in Spain: an analysis of their relationship using Google Trends",
journal="Revista de psiquiatrí́a y salud mental",
year="2021",
author="Becerra-García, Juan Antonio and Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Teresa and Barbeito, Sara and Calvo, Ana",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: This study aims to examine the public interest that exists on internet regarding various mental health topics and its relationship with evolution of COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: Google Trends was used to explore relative search volume (RSV) for the following terms related with mental health (TRMH): &quot;anxiety&quot;, &quot;depression&quot;, &quot;stress&quot;, &quot;insomnia&quot; and &quot;suicide&quot;; between January and December 2020. The cross-correlation function was performed to assess association between new COVID-19 cases and RSV levels for TRMH. Finally, Mann-Whitney test was used to examine differences between RSV values for TRMH before and after of state of alarm declarations on March and October 2020. <br><br>RESULTS: The &quot;anxiety&quot; term showed the highest RSV indices. A significant correlation was found between new COVID-19 cases and RSV for &quot;anxiety&quot; with a time-lag of +1 week (r=0.49; p<0.05). Was found an increase of SRV for &quot;anxiety&quot; (U=0.00; p=0.01) and a decrease of SRV for &quot;depression&quot; (U=1.00; p=0.04) between 4-week period before and after state of alarm of March 2020. Regarding the state of alarm of October 2020, a higher RSV for &quot;anxiety&quot; (U=0.50; p=0.02) was found in the four weeks after it compared with a similar previous period. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety is the mental health topic of greatest public interest on internet in context of COVID-19 pandemic. Public concern about anxiety rises one week after the increase in COVID-19 cases and is greater after introduction of control measures that entail any type of mobility restriction or activity limitation. There is a greater general need for information on anxiety at specific times in the pandemic evolution.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1888-9891",
doi="10.1016/j.rpsm.2021.05.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpsm.2021.05.001"
}