Department of Orthodontics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.
National Institute of Public Health NIH - National Research Institute, Departament of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Surveillance.
Przegl Epidemiol. 2022;76(1):11-18. doi: 10.32394/pe.76.02.
Influenza and Influenza Like Illness (ILI) are viral diseases that show seasonality in incidence. Influenza can be effectively prevented with immunization. Vaccination is recommended for risk groups, especially for the elderly, immunocompromised population, with chronic diseases and pregnant women.
The purpose of the study was to assess interest in influenza and influenza vaccine in Poland by users of the Google search engine over the last five years using the Google Trends (GT) tool.
Data collected from Google Trends (GT) over a five-year period beginning on 11/9/2016 was analyzed. The time trend analysis focused at four phrases in Polish "grypa", "grypa objawy", "szczepionka przeciw grypie" and "szczepionka na grypę", which can be translated into English, as; "flu", "flu symptoms", "flu vaccine", and a colloquial phrase meaning "against the flu vaccine".
Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a seasonal increase in inquiries is evident, mimicking the increase in influenza and ILI cases or an increase in interest in the topic during the season in which prophylaxis is carried out using available vaccines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the seasonal interest in the above topic was disrupted.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were changes in the search terms in Polish. This included the timing and amount of queries related to influenza-themed expressions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in influenza and ILI queries during the period of increased incidence of COVID-19.
流感和流感样疾病（ILI）是具有季节性发病特征的病毒性疾病。流感可通过免疫接种有效预防。建议为高危人群，特别是老年人、免疫功能低下人群、慢性病患者和孕妇接种疫苗。
本研究旨在使用 Google Trends（GT）工具评估过去五年间，波兰用户对流感和流感疫苗的兴趣。
分析了从 2016 年 11 月 9 日开始的五年间 Google Trends（GT）收集的数据。时间趋势分析集中在四个波兰语短语上："grypa"、"grypa objawy"、"szczepionka przeciw grypie"和"szczepionka na grypę"，可分别译为英语中的"flu"、"flu symptoms"、"flu vaccine"和"against the flu vaccine"。
在 COVID-19 大流行爆发之前，明显可见查询量呈季节性增加，与流感和 ILI 病例的增加或在使用现有疫苗进行预防的季节中对该主题的兴趣增加相吻合。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，上述主题的季节性兴趣受到干扰。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，波兰的搜索词发生了变化。这包括与流感相关表达的查询时间和数量的变化。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，流感和 ILI 查询量在 COVID-19 发病率增加期间有所增加。
