Guo Cheng, Pan Linlin, Chen Ling, Xie Jinghua, Liang Zhuozheng, Huang Yongjin, He Long
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Intensive Care Unit, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
PeerJ. 2024 Mar 5;12:e16981. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16981. eCollection 2024.
This study examined the epidemiological correlations between secretory otitis media (SOM) and diseases of neighboring organs. We measured changes in disease incidences during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic using Internet big data spanning from 2011 to 2021.
This study used the Baidu Index (BI) to determine the search volume for the terms "secretory otitis media (SOM)", "tonsillitis", "pharyngolaryngitis", "adenoid hypertrophy (AH)", "nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)", "nasal septum deviation (NSD)", "rhinosinusitis", "allergic rhinitis (AR)", and "gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)" in Mandarin from January 2011 to December 2021. The correlations between these terms were analyzed using Spearman's correlation coefficients. The results were compared search data from 2019 and 2021 to assess the effects of isolation on SOM in 2020.
The seasonal variations trends of SOM and other diseases coincided well ( < 0.05), except for AR. During the 11-year timeframe, the monthly searches for rhinosinusitis, NSD, tonsillitis, pharyngolaryngitis, and NPC were statistically correlated with SOM ( = 0.825, 0.594, 0.650, 0.636, 0.664, respectively; < 0.05). No correlation was found between SOM and AR, SOM and AH, or SOM and GERD ( = - 0.028, = 0.259, = 0.014, respectively, > 0.05). The total search volumes for SOM, rhinosinusitis, NPC, and AH decreased in 2020 compared to 2019.
SOM exhibited a discernible epidemiological connection with rhinosinusitis, nasal septal deviation (NSD), tonsillitis, pharyngolaryngitis, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). A decrease in public gatherings was observed to effectively reduce the incidences of SOM. This underscores the pivotal role of social measures in influencing the prevalence of SOM and emphasizes the intricate interplay between SOM and various associated health factors, with implications for public health strategies.
本研究探讨了分泌性中耳炎（SOM）与邻近器官疾病之间的流行病学关联。我们利用2011年至2021年的互联网大数据，测量了2020年新冠疫情期间疾病发病率的变化。
本研究使用百度指数（BI）来确定2011年1月至2021年12月期间，“分泌性中耳炎（SOM）”“扁桃体炎”“咽炎”“腺样体肥大（AH）”“鼻咽癌（NPC）”“鼻中隔偏曲（NSD）”“鼻窦炎”“变应性鼻炎（AR）”以及“胃食管反流病（GERD）”等术语的中文搜索量。使用Spearman相关系数分析这些术语之间的相关性。将2019年和2021年的搜索数据进行比较，以评估2020年隔离措施对SOM的影响。
除AR外，SOM和其他疾病的季节性变化趋势吻合良好（P<0.05）。在这11年期间，鼻窦炎、鼻中隔偏曲、扁桃体炎、咽炎和鼻咽癌的月度搜索量与SOM存在统计学相关性（分别为r = 0.825、0.594、0.650、0.636、0.664；P<0.05）。未发现SOM与AR、SOM与AH或SOM与GERD之间存在相关性（分别为r = -0.028、r = 0.259、r = 0.014，P>0.05）。与2019年相比，2020年SOM、鼻窦炎、鼻咽癌和腺样体肥大的总搜索量有所下降。
SOM与鼻窦炎、鼻中隔偏曲、扁桃体炎、咽炎和鼻咽癌之间存在明显的流行病学关联。观察到公众集会减少可有效降低SOM的发病率。这凸显了社会措施在影响SOM患病率方面的关键作用，并强调了SOM与各种相关健康因素之间的复杂相互作用，对公共卫生策略具有启示意义。
