Is Public Interest Associated with Real-World Management of Ankyloglossia?

Autor: Naseem DF; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA., Sheth AH; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA., Cheng AG; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA., Qian ZJ; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery [Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg] 2024 May; Vol. 170 (5), pp. 1442-1448. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 14.
DOI: 10.1002/ohn.643
Abstrakt: Objectives: Assess the relationship between public interest in ankyloglossia as determined by internet search volume and real-world medical claims data.
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort Study.
Setting: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using claims data from the Merative™ Marketscan® Research Databases. The internet search data was collected from Google Trends.
Methods: Annual Google Trends data were compiled using search terms associated with "ankyloglossia" and "frenotomy" for the years 2011 to 2021. We obtained incidence of ankyloglossia diagnoses and frenotomy procedures in children under 12 months from Marketscan relative to all infants enrolled. We compared associations between search and incidence data among US states and over time.
Results: Google search correlated with ankyloglossia incidence (r = 0.4104, P = .0031) and with frenotomy incidence (r = 0.4062, P = .0034) per state. Ankyloglossia diagnoses increased with Google search index (coefficient = 0.336, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.284, 0.388) and year (coefficient = 0.028, 95% CI 0.025, 0.031). Similarly, frenotomy procedures increased with Google search index (coefficient = 0.371, 95% CI 0.313, 0.429) and year (coefficient = 0.027, 95% CI 0.024, 0.030).
Conclusions: Associations between online ankyloglossia search trends and both diagnosis and treatment rates, persist across US regions and timeframes. Internet search trends are pivotal in shaping pediatric health care decisions, driving clinical consensus, and disseminating evidence-based information.
(© 2024 American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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