Infodemiology of Bell's palsy: Tracing the seasonality of facial paralysis
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Tarih
2022
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Ios Press
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
BACKGROUND: Although there are a few studies on the seasonality of facial paralysis, no studies have utilized internet data for this purpose. The use of internet data to investigate diseases and user-contributed health-related content is increasingly prevalent, and has earned the name infodemiology. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to use Google Trends data to investigate whether there is a seasonal variation in facial paralysis. METHODS: In this observational study, the search volume for the terms facial paralysis and Bell's palsy for a total of 19 countries was queried from Google Trends, selecting the time interval between January 2004 and October 2020. RESULTS: In the Cosinor analysis of data from a total of 19 countries, from both northern and southern hemisphere, a statistically significant seasonality was found in the search volume of facial paralysis. It was observed that facial paralysis searches peaked in spring in the northern hemisphere and in winter in the southern hemisphere. CONCLUSION: Internet search query data showed that facial paralysis has a seasonal variation, with peaks in spring for the northern hemisphere and winter for the southern hemisphere. Further studies are needed to understand the deviation between hemispheres and the cause of the peak in winter-spring season.
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Facial paralysis, Bell's palsy, infodemiology, internet search, seasonality
Kaynak
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
35
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3
