Did COVID-19 Policies Have the Same Effect on COVID-19 Incidence Among Women and Men? Evidence From Spain and Switzerland.

Autor:	Sant Fruchtman C; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Fischer FB; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Monzón Llamas L; Independent Researcher, Switzerland., Tavakkoli M; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Cobos Muñoz D; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Antillon M; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of public health [Int J Public Health] 2022 Sep 20; Vol. 67, pp. 1604994. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 20 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3389/ijph.2022.1604994
Abstrakt:	Objective: This study aimed to investigate how COVID-19 prevention policies influenced the COVID-19 incidence in men and women. Methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study using the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the Spanish Ministry of Health surveillance data for February 2020-June 2021 to explore sex and age differences in COVID-19 cases and testing. The female-male incidence rate ratios (IRR) were estimated for each week of the pandemic. We complemented our analysis with qualitative information on relevant containment measures in each country. Results: In Switzerland and in Spain, there was an excess of cases in women of 20-59 years old and 80+. This excess of cases was significant during the waves of the pandemic in both countries. In Switzerland, the biggest difference was observed for the age group 20-29, reaching an excess of 94% of cases compared to men during the first wave of COVID-19 (March-May 2020). The excess of cases in women was greater in Spain than in Switzerland, where it reached 159% for women aged 20-29 during the first wave (March-June 2020). In both countries, the age groups 60-79 had a significant excess of cases in men during the pandemic. Conclusion: COVID-19 public health policies affect men and women in different ways. Our findings highlight the importance of gender-sensitive responses to address a public health crisis. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Sant Fruchtman, Fischer, Monzón Llamas, Tavakkoli, Cobos Muñoz and Antillon.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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