在COVID-19大流行期间,儿科雪伤害的发生率和严重程度
Domenic F Alaimo1, Nishita T Sharif1, Redjana Carciumaru2
1Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Paediatrics & child health
|July 2, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,儿童的雪伤害显著增加,导致更多的儿科急诊室访问. 了解这些伤害趋势可以改善未来公共卫生危机期间的预防策略.
科学领域:
- 儿科急救医学 儿科急救医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 伤害流行病学 伤害流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,娱乐活动发生了变化,某些类型的伤害的潜在增加.
- 雪是儿童常见的冬季活动,带有固有的受伤风险.
- 儿科急诊室 (PED) 作为追踪儿童急性伤害的关键地点.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19流行病对儿童雪伤害的发生率和特征的影响.
- 为了比较大流行之前和期间的雪伤害趋势.
- 在公共卫生紧急情况期间为伤害预防策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项描述性,回顾性队列研究.
- 分析了儿童 (0-17岁) 带着雪伤害向第三级护理PED提交的数据.
- 在2020年3月11日之前 (2020年3月11日之前) 和大流行期间的伤害,以每月的访问次数,人口统计,伤害类型和结果进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 总共分析了243次雪伤病访问,与流行病前 (2018-2019) 年相比,在流行病年 (2021-2022) 期间观察到的显著增加.
- 访问人数从疫情前的44人增加到疫情期间的169人.
- 最常见的伤害类型是头部受伤和扭伤/扭伤;期间之间没有发现人口统计学或伤害特征的显著差异.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,儿童急诊室对雪伤害的访问量在统计学上显著增加.
- 对雪伤害的流行病学监测对于制定有针对性的预防工作至关重要.
- 研究结果支持在未来传染病爆发期间加强伤害预防建议的沟通.
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