ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2016
Pollen information consumption as an indicator of pollen allergy burden.
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- Potential of real-time pollen data: perceived needs and symptom management among seasonal allergic rhinitis patients.Frontiers in allergy · 2026Article
- Aerobiology matters: Why people in the community access pollen information and how they use it.Clinical and translational allergy · 2025Article
- A global survey addressing sustainability of pollen monitoring.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2024Article
- Nonpharmacological measures to prevent allergic symptoms in pollen allergy: A critical review.Allergologie select · 2021Review
- Use of Social Media by Hospitals and Clinics in Japan: Descriptive Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2020Article
- Translating the Burden of Pollen Allergy Into Numbers Using Electronically Generated Symptom Data From the Patient's Hayfever Diary in Austria and Germany: 10-Year Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Observational
- The Clinical Utility of Pollen Counts.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2019Review
- How to do a clinical trial? Recommendations from the aerobiological point of view.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2019Article
- The evaluation of pollen concentrations with statistical and computational methods on rooftop and on ground level in Vienna - How to include daily crowd-sourced symptom data.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2019Article
- The connection of pollen concentrations and crowd-sourced symptom data: new insights from daily and seasonal symptom load index data from 2013 to 2017 in Vienna.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2018Article
- Evaluation of Pollen Apps Forecasts: The Need for Quality Control in an eHealth Service.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Article
- The medical and scientific responsibility of pollen information services.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Austrian pollen information service distributes pollen forecasts and offers various options (webpages, a mobile "Pollen" app, interviews for newspapers, radio, TV and information for the press agency) to support and inform pollen allergy sufferers in Austria in the best way to help to avoid their allergen. These services are well received and user numbers have increased, especially in recent years.
methodsHerein, we unravel for the first time the user pattern over time on a monthly basis and compare it to the major pollen seasons in Austria as well as to the allergic burden.
resultsThe symptom load conforms to the web page user numbers and shows the same peaks from the study period of 2012 until 2014. The highest impact in user numbers and allergy burden occurred during the birch pollen season, although similar values were approached during the grass pollen season in 2014. Pollen loads during the respective pollen seasons of birch, grasses and herbs (mugwort and ragweed) mirrored the pattern as well, although to a minor extent, because different plant taxa have a different distribution within Austria and produce different amounts of pollen.
conclusionThis study provides evidence that pollen information consumption can be seen as an indicator of the burden of pollen allergy sufferers as well as an indicator of the main flowering periods of the main plants inducing pollen allergies in Austria.
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