Google Trendsを健康のセンチネルとして利用:ALERT研究:環境汚染に関連する症状認識の分析
Benedetta Bondi1, Fulvio Braido1, Ilaria Baiardini1
1Respiratory and Allergy Clinic, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Respiratory medicine
|December 31, 2025
まとめ
粒子状物質やNO2を含む大気汚染は、咳などの呼吸器疾患やうつ病などの精神的健康問題のオンライン検索増加と関連している。Googleトレンドは公衆衛生監視に役立つ。
科学分野:
- 環境保健
- 公衆衛生
- デジタル疫学
背景:
- 環境汚染は呼吸器および精神疾患の既知のリスクファクターである。
- 臨床現場では、Web検索による自己治療および自己診断の増加が観察されている。
研究 の 目的:
- 大気汚染と公衆衛生との関連を調査する。
- PM2.5、PM10、NO2、O3などの汚染物質が呼吸器および精神的健康に及ぼす影響を分析する。
- 大気質とオンラインの健康関連検索トレンドとの相関を探る。
主な方法:
- Googleトレンドを利用して、特定の健康用語(例:咳、喘息)に対する一般の関心を追跡した。
- 2024年のイタリア・ジェノアにおける大気汚染物質濃度データ(PM2.5、PM10、NO2、O3、ベンゼン)を収集した。
- 検索トレンドと環境汚染物質レベルを相関させた。
主要な成果:
- 咳の検索とPM2.5、O3、ベンゼン、NO2のレベルとの間に有意な相関が確立された。
- うつ病関連の検索とPM2.5およびベンゼンへの曝露との関連が見出された。
- オンライン検索データが、大気質に関連する公衆衛生上の懸念を反映する有用性が実証された。
結論:
- Googleトレンドは、環境保健影響の疫学的監視のための貴重なツールとして機能する。
- 医療システムは、大気質の健康への影響に適応する必要がある。
- リアルタイム追跡とデータ分析を統合した革新的なアプローチは、患者ケアと管理に不可欠である。
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