在COVID-19大流行之前和期间,医疗保健对新出现的神经发育问题的访问
Sloane J Freeman1,2, Rosane Nisenbaum3,4,5, Thivia Jegathesan6,7
1Women and Children's Health Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. sloane.freeman@unityhealth.to.
在COVID-19大流行期间,儿童新出现的神经发育问题的医疗保健访问保持稳定. 然而,在疫情开始时,人们观察到最初的30天利用率下降.
科学领域:
- 儿科医疗保健 儿科医疗保健
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球范围内,COVID-19大流行严重影响了医疗保健系统.
- 人们担心,在患有先前神经发育疾病的儿童中,医疗保健利用率可能会下降.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,调查在幼儿中新出现的神经发育问题的医疗保健利用变化.
- 使用基于人口的数据,比较大流行前和期间的医疗保健访问率.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大安大略省进行了一项以人口为基础的研究,分析了0-6岁儿童对神经发育新问题的医疗保健访问.
- 使用中断时间序列分析 (ITSA) 来比较疫情前和期间的月度医疗保健访问率.
- 主要结局指标是每1000个儿童月的医疗保健访问率.
主要成果:
- 新的神经发育问题的总体发病率在疫情前 (6.31/1000个月) 和疫情期间 (6.58/1000个月) 没有显著差异.
- 间断时间序列分析显示,每月医疗保健访问率没有统计学上显著的变化.
- 在流行病的最初30天 (3.40/1000个儿童月) 观察到医疗保健访问的显著下降.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行之前和期间,对儿童神经发育新问题的医疗保健利用率保持一致.
- 在大流行开始时,医疗保健访问的初步,暂时下降发生了.
- 虚拟医疗的快速采用可能有助于这些儿童迅速恢复医疗保健的机会.
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