Healthcare-Seeking Behavior for Respiratory Illness Among Flu Near You Participants in the United States During the 2015-2016 Through 2018-2019 Influenza Seasons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Flu Near You (FNY) is an online participatory syndromic surveillance system that collects health-related information. In this article, we summarized the healthcare-seeking behavior of FNY participants who reported influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms.

Methods

We applied inverse probability weighting to calculate age-adjusted estimates of the percentage of FNY participants in the United States who sought health care for ILI symptoms during the 2015-2016 through 2018-2019 influenza season and compared seasonal trends across different demographic and regional subgroups, including age group, sex, census region, and place of care using adjusted χ 2 tests.

Results

The overall age-adjusted percentage of FNY participants who sought healthcare for ILI symptoms vari

SUBMITTER: Baltrusaitis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9400452 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature