Children at risk of domestic accidents when are locked up at home: the other side of COVID-19 outbreak lockdown

Autor: Valentina Ferro, Raffaella Nacca, Mara Pisani, Sebastian Cristaldi, Maria Francesca Faa, Maria Chiara Supino, Umberto Raucci, Antonino Reale, Marta Ciofi Degli Atti, Massimiliano Raponi, Alberto Villani, Anna Maria Musolino
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 48, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-022-01318-2
Popis: Abstract Background We proposed to analyze thoroughly the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown (CL) in changes of profiles and in trend of the domestic accidents (DAs) in children. Methods This was a single experience, cross-sectional study conducted at the emergency department (ED) of III trauma center. We enrolled children under 18 years admitted to ED with a diagnosis of DAs comparing the CL period from 10th March 2020 to 4th May 2020 with the same period of the previous year,10th March 2019 to 4th May 2019. Results In CL period, the cumulative incidence of ED visits for DAs increased from 86.88 to 272.13 per 1,000 children and the cumulative incidence of hospitalizations for DAs increased from 409.72 to 534.48 per 1,000 children. We reported in CL a decrease in the severity of ED presentation assessed by proxy measures: the level of priority ED visits reduced by 67% in CL period (OR: 0.33; 95%CI 0.22–0.48; p
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