Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on stroke admission in Thailand: a quasi-experimental, ecological study on national database

Autor: Kannikar Kongbunkiat, Donlagon Jumparway, Nisa Vorasoot, Narongrit Kasemsap, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Somsak Tiamkao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, Vol 13, Iss 1 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 20008686
2000-8686
DOI: 10.1080/20008686.2023.2270261
Popis: ABSTRACTThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 outbreak on stroke admission by using a national database. A quasi-experimental, ecological study using the national database of Thailand was conducted. The study period was between January 2017 and August 2020 before and after COVID-19 outbreak starting from March 2020. Numbers of stroke admission were evaluated before and after the COVID-19 outbreak by an interrupted time series analysis for both pre- and post-COIVD-19 outbreak. There were 381,891 patients admitted throughout Thailand. Of those, 292,382 patients (76.56%) were admitted due to thrombotic stroke followed by hemorrhagic stroke (73,130 patients; 19.15%) and embolic stroke (16,379 patients; 4.29%). During pre-COVID-19 outbreak, all stroke subtypes had an increasing trend with a coefficient of 0.076 (p value
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