A retrospective cross-national examination of COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries: a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis (January 11-June 28, 2020)
| Autor: | Adeleye Adaralegbe, Adedoyin M. Osundina, Ayodeji E. Iyanda, Tolulope Osayomi, M. K. Lasode, Ngozi J. Chima-Adaralegbe, Yongmei Lu, Richard Adeleke |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Databases Factual medicine.medical_treatment 0302 clinical medicine geovisualization Epidemiology Pandemic 030212 general & internal medicine Spatial Regression education.field_of_study lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Smoking Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Geography Infectious Diseases Coronavirus Infections Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Health geography 030106 microbiology Population Pneumonia Viral Article medical geography lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Betacoronavirus Young Adult Environmental health medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Social determinants of health education Pandemics Retrospective Studies Models Statistical SARS-CoV-2 Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outbreak COVID-19 lcsh:RA1-1270 social-health determinants Smoking cessation multiscale model Health Expenditures |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infection and Public Health Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 13, Iss 10, Pp 1438-1445 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1876-0341 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.07.006 |
| Popis: | Objective This study retrospectively examined the health and social determinants of the COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries from a spatial epidemiological approach. Methods We used spatial analysis to examine the cross-national determinants of confirmed cases of COVID-19 based on the World Health Organization official COVID-19 data and the World Bank Indicators of Interest to the COVID-19 outbreak. All models controlled for COVID-19 government measures. Results The percentage of the population age between 15-64 years (Age15-64), percentage smokers (SmokTot.), and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPExp) significantly explained global variation in the current COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries. The percentage population age group 15-64 and out of pocket expenditure were positively associated with COVID-19. Conversely, the percentage of the total population who smoke was inversely associated with COVID-19 at the global level. Conclusions This study is timely and could serve as a potential geospatial guide to developing public health and epidemiological surveillance programs for the outbreak in multiple countries. Removal of catastrophic medical expenditure, smoking cessation, and observing public health guidelines will not only reduce illness related to COVID-19 but also prevent unecessary deaths. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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