Annual trends in Google searches provides insights related to rhinosinusitis exacerbations.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Temporal trends of disease-specific internet searches may provide novel insights into seasonal dynamics of disease burden and, by extension, disease pathophysiology. The aim of this study was to define the temporal trends in rhinosinusitis-specific internet searches.

Methods

This was a cross sectional analysis of search volume for predefined search terms. Google trends was used to explore the volume of searches for five specific search terms related to rhinosinusitis: nose, mucus, sinus, sinusitis, chronic sinusitis, which were entered into Google web search between 2004 and 2019. Results were analyzed within search "context" which included temporally associated related searches. Relative search volume (RSV) was analyzed for English and non-English speaking countries

SUBMITTER: Liu DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8739168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature