在COVID-19期间医院的牙科外科活动:全国观察队列研究
J Booth1,2, A J Fowler3, R Pearse3
1Dental Public Health and Primary Care, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
JDR clinical and translational research
|January 3, 2024
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,英格兰的医院外科牙提取率下降了56%. 牙科手术的减少还没有恢复到大流行前的水平,这可能会增加患者的风险.
科学领域:
- 在口腔外科手术.
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 英格兰医院手术拔牙的数量没有得到充分的记录.
- 了解这些趋势对于评估医疗保健能力和患者结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化英格兰医院手术拔牙的数量.
- 分析COVID-19大流行期间手术提取活动的变化.
- 为了模拟外科手术提取活动的未来趋势.
主要方法:
- 一项使用英格兰医院情节统计 (HES) 的全国观测队列研究.
- 从2015年4月到2020年12月的手术牙切除 (OPSC-4代码F09) 的分析.
- 按年龄,性别和紧迫性分层,使用后期预测建模.
主要成果:
- 确定了569,938例手术拔牙;其中87%是成年人,13%是儿童.
- 选修程序占所有案件的96%.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,活动减少了56%,估计有61,058项手术被取消,并没有恢复到大流行前的水平.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,医院外科牙提取活动减少了56%.
- 延迟治疗的长期影响,包括严重并发症风险增加,仍然令人担忧.
- 调查结果为服务规划提供了信息,并突出了人口口腔健康需求.
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