The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Aim: After the first case in Wuhan, China in late 2019, COVID-19 quickly spread and affected the whole world. While it had been recommended to postpone healthcare services for non-emergency cases, several studies showed that many emergency cases were decreased as well. In this study, we aimed to inv...
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| author | Gulhan Kurtoglu Celik Nazım Coşkun Metin Yeşiltepe Bülent Güngörer |
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| description | Aim: After the first case in Wuhan, China in late 2019, COVID-19 quickly spread and affected the whole world. While it had been recommended to postpone healthcare services for non-emergency cases, several studies showed that many emergency cases were decreased as well. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the trends in visits to the emergency department (ED) were altered during the COVID period.
Materials: We evaluated the ED visits between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 due to transport injuries, falls, interpersonal violence and self-harm using International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision codes. Pre-COVID period was defined as July 2019-Mar 2020 and COVID period was defined as April-June 2020. To show whether there was a significant change between pre-COVID and COVID periods (monthly), we used piecewise regression analyses.
Results: In total, there were 14,958 ED visits due to transport injuries, falls, interpersonal violence and self-harm during the study period. Piecewise regression analysis revealed that ED visits for transport injury (p=0.028), falls (p=0.006) and interpersonal violence (p=0.007) significantly decreased, whereas, there was a significant increase in visits for self-harm (p |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8e37522db00460c954e1881ff4eaf4e2023-03-24T19:43:22ZengRabia YılmazJournal of Contemporary Medicine2667-71802021-09-011156736781809The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 PandemicGulhan Kurtoglu Celik0Nazım Coşkun1Metin Yeşiltepe2Bülent Güngörer3YILDIRIM BEYAZIT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ACİL TIP ANABİLİM DALIANKARA ŞEHİR HASTANESİ, DİJİTAL HASTANE VE ANALİTİK YÖNETİM BİRİMİANKARA ŞEHİR HASTANESİ, DİJİTAL HASTANE VE ANALİTİK YÖNETİM BİRİMİSAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ANKARA ŞEHİR SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ACİL TIP ANABİLİM DALIAim: After the first case in Wuhan, China in late 2019, COVID-19 quickly spread and affected the whole world. While it had been recommended to postpone healthcare services for non-emergency cases, several studies showed that many emergency cases were decreased as well. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the trends in visits to the emergency department (ED) were altered during the COVID period. Materials: We evaluated the ED visits between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 due to transport injuries, falls, interpersonal violence and self-harm using International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision codes. Pre-COVID period was defined as July 2019-Mar 2020 and COVID period was defined as April-June 2020. To show whether there was a significant change between pre-COVID and COVID periods (monthly), we used piecewise regression analyses. Results: In total, there were 14,958 ED visits due to transport injuries, falls, interpersonal violence and self-harm during the study period. Piecewise regression analysis revealed that ED visits for transport injury (p=0.028), falls (p=0.006) and interpersonal violence (p=0.007) significantly decreased, whereas, there was a significant increase in visits for self-harm (phttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1737915covid-19wounds and injuriesaccidental fallsviolenceself-injurious behaviortraffic accidentscovid-19düşmedarpözkıyımtrafik kazası |
| spellingShingle | Gulhan Kurtoglu Celik Nazım Coşkun Metin Yeşiltepe Bülent Güngörer The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Contemporary Medicine covid-19 wounds and injuries accidental falls violence self-injurious behavior traffic accidents covid-19 düşme darp özkıyım trafik kazası |
| title | The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | The Trends in Volume of Trauma-Related Visits to Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | trends in volume of trauma related visits to emergency department during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | covid-19 wounds and injuries accidental falls violence self-injurious behavior traffic accidents covid-19 düşme darp özkıyım trafik kazası |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1737915 |
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