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Table 1 Mean differences in relative search volume between the period of interest and the control period

From: Global impact of World Sepsis Day on digital awareness of sepsis: an evaluation using Google Trends

Year

Mean RSV in the 4 weeks surrounding WSD

Mean RSV in the remaining weeks of the year

Mean difference in RSV (95% CI)

P value

2007

59.8

54.7

5.1 (−3.0; 13.2)

0.215

2008

81.8

80.1

1.6 (−7.0; 10.3)

0.707

2009

50.3

49.6

0.6 (−10.0; 11.3)

0.904

2010

61.8

61.3

0.5 (−7.8; 8.8)

0.908

2011

77.3

75.4

1.9 (−5.4; 9.2)

0.608

2012 (WSD)

84.0

72.9

11.1 (−6.6; 28.7)

0.142

2013 (WSD)

84.0

72.5

11.5 (5.1; 17.9)

0.001

2014 (WSD)

92.0

81.8

10.3 (4.0; 16.5)

0.002

2015 (WSD)

94.0

82.5

11.5 (5.6; 17.3)

0.000

2016 (WSD)

64.5

51.7

12.8 (2.1; 23.6)

0.021

  1. Mean difference in RSV between the period of interest (4 weeks surrounding WSD) and the control period (remaining weeks of the corresponding year) provided with the 95% confidence interval and P value
  2. P values are based on the two-tailed t test for computing the statistical significance. P < 0.05 was considered significant
  3. WSD World Sepsis Day, RSV relative search volume, CI confidence interval