NDLI: Google trend analysis of the Indian population reveals a panel of seasonally sensitive comorbid symptoms with implications for monitoring the seasonally sensitive human population

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Author	Gahlot, Urmila Sharma, Yogendra Kumar Patel, Jaichand Ragumani, Sugadev
Abstract	Seasonal variations in the environment induce observable changes in the human physiological system and manifest as various clinical symptoms in a specific human population. Our earlier studies predicted four global severe seasonal sensitive comorbid lifestyle diseases (SCLDs), namely, asthma, obesity, hypertension, and fibrosis. Our studies further indicated that the SCLD category of the human population may be maladapted or unacclimatized to seasonal changes. The current study aimed to explore the major seasonal symptoms associated with SCLD and evaluate their seasonal linkages via Google Trends (GT). We used the Human Disease Symptom Network (HSDN) to dissect common symptoms of SCLD. We then exploited medical databases and medical literature resources in consultation with medical practitioners to narrow down the clinical symptoms associated with four SCLDs, namely, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, and obesity. Our study revealed a strong association of 12 clinical symptoms with SCLD. Each clinical symptom was further subjected to GT analysis to address its seasonal linkage. The GT search was carried out in the Indian population for the period from January 2015–December 2019. In the GT analysis, 11 clinical symptoms were strongly associated with Indian seasonal changes, with the exception of hypergammaglobulinemia, due to the lack of GT data in the Indian population. These 11 symptoms also presented sudden increases or decreases in search volume during the two major Indian seasonal transition months, namely, March and November. Moreover, in addition to SCLD, several seasonally associated clinical disorders share most of these 12 symptoms. In this regard, we named these 12 symptoms the “seasonal sensitive comorbid symptoms (SSC)” of the human population. Further clinical studies are needed to verify the utility of these symptoms in screening seasonally maladapted human populations. We also warrant that clinicians and researcher be well aware of the limitations and pitfalls of GT before correlating the clinical outcome of SSC symptoms with GT.
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Page Count	13
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ISSN	14787954
DOI	10.1186/s12963-024-00349-7
Journal	Population Health Metrics
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	22
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2024-12-30
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Epidemiology Research Methodology Health Services Research Asthma Obesity Pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary fibrosis Seasonality Seasonally sensitive population
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology
Journal Impact Factor	3.2/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.3/2023

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