Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on self-harm and violence among patients presenting to the emergency department
| Autor: | Kadainti Venkata Subbaraya Sharma, Rebecca S. Gladwin, V. S. Shinde, Ishan Lamba, Suhrith Bhattaram |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) India Intimate Partner Violence Violence COVID-19 in India Article Young Adult Pandemic Medicine Humans Pandemics Retrospective Studies Self harm business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Law enforcement COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged Hospitalization Harm Cross-Sectional Studies Communicable Disease Control Emergency Medicine Female COVID-19 lockdown self harm in India Null hypothesis business Emergency Service Hospital Self-Injurious Behavior Demography |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1532-8171 0735-6757 |
| Popis: | Importance Considering the resurgence of COVID19 and the rapid spread of new and deadlier strains across the globe understanding the incidence and pattern of violence and self harm tendencies during this period might help in formulating better contingency plans for future lockdowns. A deeper look at the available data shows that there is a significant dearth of research into self-harm & violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To identify the incidence and sociodemographic characteristics of self-harm and violence during the COVID19 lockdown and compare with a control group from the previous year. Design A cross-sectional retrospective observational study. Setting Tertiary care teaching hospital. Participants All patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with self harm and violence during the COVID-19 lockdown period between March 24–June 30, 2020 and March 24–June 30, 2019. Exposure The COVID-19 lockdown period. Main outcome (s) and measure (s) The hypothesis being tested was formulated before the study. The null hypothesis tested was a decline in number of self-harm and violence cases during the lockdown. Results A total of 828 patients were analysed over both the time periods, out of which 30% (248) were females while 70% (580) were males. Increases in self-harm and violence were 12.71% and 95.32% respectively per 1000 ED admissions. A significant correlation was found between the COVID-19 lockdown and the increased incidence (X2 (1, N = 828) = 9.2, p |
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