Epidemiological profile of patients presenting to dermatology department of a tertiary care hospital during nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19: a retrospective study from north India
| Autor: | Faisal Younis Shah, Irfan Tasaduq, Ifrah Shafat Kitab, Yaqzata Bashir, Faizan Younus Shah, Uzair Khursheed Dar, Aaqib Aslam Shah, Reeta Devi, Iffat Hassan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 9:443 |
| ISSN: | 2320-6012 2320-6071 |
| Popis: | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an unprecedented lockdown with restrictions on human movement and interaction, imposed throughout the world to contain the spread of the disease. This gave us the unique opportunity to study the pattern of patients presenting to the dermatology out-patient department during this period.Methods: The study was a retrospective observational study involving the assessment of patient records from 25th March 2020 to 7th June 2020. This period corresponds to the duration of strictly imposed nationwide lockdown which was relaxed with phased resumption from 8th June 2020, termed as unlock 1.Results: A decrease in the absolute as well as proportional number of patients was seen in majority of the cases with a statistically significant proportional decline being seen in cases of allergic contact dermatitis (p-value =0.007), acne (p value |
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