Table 1 Individual outlying epochs with relative search volume above the modeled baseline
From: Global trends in the awareness of sepsis: insights from search engine data between 2012 and 2017
Week | RSV | Effect duration in weeks (impact per week) | Potential awareness and media correlates | p value (per week) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual positive outlying epochs | ||||
8 July 2012 | 52 | 1 (+3.25) | Pediatric sepsis death in the USA | < 0.0001 |
11 November 2012 | 59 | 1 (+15.95) | Adult death following septic miscarriage in Ireland | < 0.0001 |
30 November 2014 | 62 | 1 (+14.05) | Adult deaths from sepsis secondary to contaminated sharps in India | < 0.0001 |
11 January 2015 | 57 | 1 (+8.26) | Adult sepsis death in the USA | 0.0002 |
24 January 2016 | 80 | 1 (+26.0) | NHS report on, and wide coverage of, a pediatric sepsis death in the UK | < 0.0001 |
27 March 2016 | 93 | 3 (+36.86, +6.04, +5.53) | Death of Patty Duke from abdominal sepsis in the USA | < 0.0001, 0.0068, 0.0135 |
29 May 2016 | 69 | 2 (+13.83, +44.66) | Death of Muhammad Ali | < 0.0001, < 0.0001 |
11 September 2016 | 84 | 3 (+18.36, +10.16, +8.33) | Inaugural World Sepsis Congress, fifth World Sepsis Day with international coverage, US CDC awareness efforts | < 0.0001, < 0.0001, 0.0004 |
2 October 2016 | 72 | 1 (+10.95) | Adult sepsis death in the UK | < 0.0001 |
1 January 2017 | 68 | 1 (+7.0) | Pediatric sepsis death in the USA | 0.0012 |
19 February 2017 | 70 | 1 (+6.24) | Multiple news media correlates | 0.0049 |
5 March 2017 | 73 | 1 (+8.18) | NHS sepsis 1-hour intervention mandate in the UK | 0.0003 |
19 March 2017 | 72 | 1 (+6.41) | Coverage of vitamin C as a potential therapeutic intervention | 0.0042 |
26 March 2017 | 81 | 1 (+16.03) | Additional vitamin C coverage, NHS apology regarding pediatric sepsis death | < 0.0001 |
Starting year | Week | Impact coefficient | Potential correlates | |
Cyclic outlying effects | ||||
2012 | 37 | +7.82 | World Sepsis Day | < 0.0001 |
2012 | 51 | –2.82 | Holiday season | 0.0042 |
2012 | 52 | –7.60 | < 0.0001 | |