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Letter to the Editor

Is erectile dysfunction more prevalent from COVID-19’s beginning and onwards? What do relevant Google searches show?

Ioannis IliasDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Charalampos MilionisDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2442-3772View further author information
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Evangelia VenakiDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-2039View further author information
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Eftychia KoukkouDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1433-3151View further author information
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Article: 2256401 | Received 29 Jun 2023, Accepted 01 Sep 2023, Published online: 25 Sep 2023

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Figure 1. Searches for ED and COVID-19 from Google Trends (provided by Google as relative search volumes (RSVs): they are normalized with a minimum value of 0 and a maximum value of 100) and weekly COVID-19 cases from WHO (in absolute numbers) in the four time periods. Please note that in the first time period Google provides search data RSVs monthly, while in the other three periods this is done weekly. Time period 1: January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2016, time period 2: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019, time period 3: January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, time period 4: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The four time periods are defined by the dates when Google Trends implemented changes in the calculation of its results.

Figure 1. Searches for ED and COVID-19 from Google Trends (provided by Google as relative search volumes (RSVs): they are normalized with a minimum value of 0 and a maximum value of 100) and weekly COVID-19 cases from WHO (in absolute numbers) in the four time periods. Please note that in the first time period Google provides search data RSVs monthly, while in the other three periods this is done weekly. Time period 1: January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2016, time period 2: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019, time period 3: January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, time period 4: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The four time periods are defined by the dates when Google Trends implemented changes in the calculation of its results.

Data availability statement

The data used in this work can be found at: https://zenodo.org/record/8091678

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