Department of Otolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, No. 247, Beiyuan Road, Jinan, 250033, Shandong, China.
Department of Otolaryngology, The Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Jun;280(6):2831-2839. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07814-9. Epub 2023 Jan 15.
Nasal polyps (NPs) is a common upper airway inflammatory disorder with a huge negative burden on both the quality of life and costs to patients. However, NPs patients remain undiagnosed and untreated in a timely, which may be due to a lack of disease-related awareness. Google Trends (GT) is an online and open tool, which can provide real-world data on health informatics worldwide.
This study aimed to explore global public interest and awareness in nasal polyps (NPs) by performing a GT analysis.
Data on relative search volume (RSV) for NPs globally were collected by the public website Google Trends from January 2007 to December 2021. Top-related topics, rising-related topics, and regions were extracted for further analysis. Seasonal variation analysis, the latitude difference analysis, and the rising-related topics between the developed countries and the developing countries were analyzed. A P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The average searching strength showed an overall increasing trend, although with slight fluctuation. The public interest of NPs focuses on the symptoms and treatment for NPs and changes with time. For seasonal variation countries, the peak for the RSV occurred in winter and the bottom in summer. A region in higher latitudes may yield more RSV than that in lower latitudes. The rising-related topics in the recent 5 years reflected the significant differences in treatment and public interest of NPs between the developed and developing countries.
Google Trends analysis revealed global public interest and awareness of the evolution of trends and related topics in nasal polyps over time. Geographic distribution and seasonal variation may be potential trigger factors for NPs, and the public's interest in treatment especially biologics is rising.
鼻息肉（NPs）是一种常见的上呼吸道炎症性疾病，给患者的生活质量和经济负担带来了巨大的负面影响。然而，由于缺乏对疾病的认识，许多鼻息肉患者未能及时得到诊断和治疗。Google Trends（GT）是一个在线和开放的工具，可以提供全球健康信息学的真实世界数据。
本研究旨在通过 GT 分析探讨全球对鼻息肉（NPs）的公众关注度和意识。
通过公共网站 Google Trends 从 2007 年 1 月到 2021 年 12 月收集了全球鼻息肉的相对搜索量（RSV）数据。提取了相关的热门话题、上升相关话题和地区进行进一步分析。分析了季节性变化、纬度差异以及发达国家和发展中国家之间上升相关话题的差异。P 值小于 0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
平均搜索强度呈总体上升趋势，但略有波动。公众对鼻息肉的关注焦点集中在鼻息肉的症状和治疗上，并随时间而变化。对于季节性变化的国家，RSV 的峰值出现在冬季，低谷出现在夏季。高纬度地区的 RSV 可能比低纬度地区多。最近 5 年的上升相关话题反映了发达国家和发展中国家在鼻息肉治疗和公众关注度方面的显著差异。
Google Trends 分析揭示了全球公众对鼻息肉的关注度和趋势演变及相关话题的认识。地理分布和季节性变化可能是鼻息肉的潜在触发因素，公众对治疗方法（尤其是生物制剂）的兴趣正在上升。
