Yanan Yang, Kunlin He, Yuewen Zhang, Xiuming Wu, Weizhong Chen, Dongqing Gu, Ziqian Zeng
Ethnicity Disparities in the Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Rates of Hypertension in China
International journal of hypertension
acute laryngitis common disease selflimiting nature since leading cause attributed viral infections thus selflimiting many affected individuals seek professional medical help however major symptom hoarseness imposes substantial burden everyday life might speculated webbased search interest condition follows incidence rates highest peaks winter months aim study evaluate global public healthinformation seeking behaviour laryngitisrelated search terms utilized google trends assess countryspecific representative laryngitisrelated search terms english nonenglish speaking countries hemispheres extracted time series data australia brazil canada germany united kingdom united states america covering timeframe 2004 2019 first assessed reliability followed seasonality analysis using cosinor model direct comparisons revealed different representative laryngitisrelated search terms english nonenglish speaking countries extracted data showed trend higher reliability countries inhabitants subsequent graphical analysis revealed winter peaks countries hemispheres cosinor analysis confirmed seasonal variations significant p 0001 public interest laryngitisrelated online health information displayed seasonal variations countries hemispheres highest interest winter months findings emphasize importance optimize distribution reliable webbased health education order prevent spread misinformation improve health literacy among general populations