COVID-19 Social distancing measures altered the epidemiology of facial injury - A UK-Australia comparative study
| Autor: | Michael M. Qiu, Prady Narelda, Gary R. Hoffman, Gary Walton, Abdulla Al-Ajami |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study Tertiary referral hospital Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Epidemiology facial injury medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Facial Injuries Retrospective Studies SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Social distance Public health public health Australia social distancing COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study 030206 dentistry United Kingdom Cross-Sectional Studies Otorhinolaryngology Facial injury Family medicine Surgery epidemiology Oral Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery |
| ISSN: | 1532-1940 0266-4356 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to undertake a retrospective cross-sectional analysis to compare the frequency and characteristics of facial injury presentations at a UK and an Australian tertiary referral hospital during the implementation of COVID-19 social-distancing measures. The primary predictor variables were a heterogeneous set of factors grouped into logical categories: demographics, injury mechanisms and site, and management. The primary outcome variable was the presentation of a hard or soft tissue facial injury. A descriptive statistical analysis was undertaken on the assembled data. The study found a clinical and statistically significant reduction in the frequency (absolute number) of facial injuries at each study site. In addition, a striking similarity common in both countries was an increase in the number of facial injuries due to falls and a reduction in facial injuries due to interpersonal violence. Conservative (non-operative) management of facial injury increased at both sites. The implementation of COVID-19 social-distancing public health measures, which aimed to limit community transmission of the coronavirus, had a secondary serendipitous effect of reducing the frequency of facial injury presentations and altering their epidemiological characteristics at both a UK and Australian tertiary referral hospital. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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