Table 3.
Season | Difference from prior yearsa | Search lower than prior yearsb | ||
|
Wilcoxon rank-sum test | Fisher exact test | Wilcoxon rank-sum test | Fisher exact test |
Spring | .99 | .83 | .04 | .09 |
Summer | .05 | .01 | <.001 | <.001 |
Autumn | .02 | .01 | <.001 | <.001 |
Winter | <.001 | .003 | <.001 | <.001 |
aP values when testing if significant changes in search after the start of the pandemic differed for the communicable and noncommunicable classifications of non-COVID-19 term groups.
bP values when testing if significant reductions in search after the start of the pandemic differed for the communicable and noncommunicable classifications of non-COVID-19 term groups.