COVID-19 流行病对泰国住院结核病患者死亡率的影响,以及医院病例和严重程度的调解作用
在PubMed上查看摘要
概括
此摘要是机器生成的。虽然COVID-19大流行导致结核病病例数量减少,但结核病病例死亡率增加. 这种结核病死亡人数的增加与入院的严重病例有关,而不是医院的质量下降.
科学领域
- 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病
- 流行病学
背景情况
- 医院病例数量,特别是在COVID-19大流行期间,反映了医疗保健系统的压力和资源分配.
- 了解COVID-19对结核病 (TB) 等其他疾病的影响对于公共健康至关重要.
- 该研究调查了COVID-19医院负担如何影响结核病患者的结果.
研究的目的
- 评估COVID-19医院病例对结核病死亡率的影响.
- 确定这种影响是否由结核病例或患者严重程度的变化造成.
- 在疫情期间评估结核病患者的医院护理质量.
主要方法
- 泰国结核病患者住院数据的回顾性分析 (2017-2022年).
- 使用查尔森并发症指数 (CCI) 来量化患者的严重程度.
- 使用中断时间序列,延迟时间和串行调解分析.
主要成果
- 在COVID-19期间,每月结核病患者数量减少12.9%,每月结核病患者数量增加14.1%.
- COVID-19病例与结核病例负相关 (r=-0.60) 和结核病CFR正相关 (r=0.74).
- 在对结核病例数和患者严重程度 (CCI) 进行调整后,发现COVID-19病例数和结核病医院CFR之间没有直接联系.
结论
- 在COVID-19大流行期间观察到的结核病医院CFR的增加主要归因于入院的严重结核病例比例较高.
- 这表明结核病患者的医院护理质量并不一定下降.
- 这些发现突显了流行病与现有疾病管理之间的复杂相互作用.
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