学校缺勤率作为社区COVID-19率的标志物
Ashley Stark1, Daniel K Benjamin1,2, Anthony Kajencki2
1Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|December 26, 2023
概括
学生缺勤可能表明社区COVID-19传播,当测试不可靠时. 较高的社区感染率与学生缺勤率的增加相关,在整个学年显示出一致的趋势.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 教育研究教育研究
背景情况:
- 2019年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 的可靠社区传播率是具有挑战性的,因为在家中进行广泛的测试.
- 学校缺勤率为更广泛的社区COVID-19传播动态提供了潜在的指标.
研究的目的:
- 评估学生缺勤率作为社区COVID-19感染率的标记.
- 为了确定社区COVID-19水平和学生缺勤率之间的关系在2021-2022学年有所变化.
主要方法:
- 一项观察性研究分析了2021-2022学年北卡罗来纳州K-12学校的数据.
- 数据包括严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2 (SARS-CoV-2) 测试结果,学生缺勤率和公共卫生数据.
- 统计分析比较了社区COVID-19感染率与随着时间的推移学生缺勤趋势.
主要成果:
- 总共有27个学区的500,192名学生被纳入分析.
- 学生缺勤率反映了整个学年社区COVID-19感染率.
- 社区COVID-19感染率增加1%与学生缺勤率上升1.68%有关 (P < .001).
结论:
- 学生缺勤率是社区COVID-19传播的可行标志物,特别是当测试不一致时.
- 这一发现对于公共卫生监测至关重要,因为官方病例数可能不够报告.
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