Impact of school closures and reopening on COVID-19 caseload in 6 cities of Pakistan: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis by Abdul Mueed, Taimoor Ahmad, Mujahid Abdullah, Faisal Sultan, Adnan Ahmad Khan

“…A single-group interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) was used to measure the impact of school closures, as well as reopening schools, on daily new COVID-19 cases in 6 major cities across Pakistan: Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar, and Muzaffarabad. …”
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Migrants’ primary care utilisation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: An interrupted time series analysis by Claire X. Zhang, Yamina Boukari, Neha Pathak, Rohini Mathur, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Parth Patel, Ines Campos-Matos, Dan Lewer, Vincent Nguyen, Greg C.G. Hugenholtz, Rachel Burns, Amy Mulick, Alasdair Henderson, Robert W. Aldridge

“…We linked CPRD to Office for National Statistics deprivation data and ran a controlled interrupted time series (ITS) using negative binomial regression to compare rates before and during the pandemic. …”
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Do cardiovascular disease prevention programs in northern Sweden impact on population health? An interrupted time series analysis by Miguel San Sebastián, Paola A. Mosquera, Per E. Gustafsson

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Did the UN convention on the rights of the child reduce child mortality around the world? An interrupted time series analysis by Christopher A. Tait, Abtin Parnia, Nishan Zewge-Abubaker, Wendy H. Wong, Heather Smith-Cannoy, Arjumand Siddiqi

“…Because CRC was widely ratified, leaving few control cases, we used interrupted times series analyses, which uses the trend in the health outcome before policy exposure to mathematically determine what the trend in the health outcome would have been after the policy exposure, if it had continued ‘as is’ – meaning, if the policy exposure had not occurred. …”
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The Impact of Moderate Earthquakes on Antidepressant Prescriptions in Ulsan, South Korea: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Analysis by Eun-San Kim, Jiyoon Yeo, Yongjoo Kim, In-Hyuk Ha

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Initiations of safer supply hydromorphone increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: An interrupted time series analysis. by Samantha Young, Tara Gomes, Gillian Kolla, Daniel McCormack, Zoë Dodd, Janet Raboud, Ahmed M Bayoumi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective interrupted time-series analysis using provincial administrative databases. …”
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Teenage smoking behaviour following a high-school smoking ban in Chile: interrupted time-series analysis by Andrea B Feigl, Joshua A Salomon, Goodarz Danaei, Eric L Ding, Esteban Calvo

“…AbstractObjective To evaluate the effect of a smoking ban in high schools on smoking behaviour among Chilean students.Methods We conducted an interrupted time-series analysis, using repeated cross-sectional data from Chile's school population survey (2000-2011) for high-school students aged 12-18 years and a control group of persons aged 19-24 years. …”
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Are tobacco control policies effective? Interrupted time series analysis of routine tobacco surveillance ‎data: opportunities and challenges ‎ by Tatiana Andreeva

“…Introduction Tobacco control policies intend to impact long-term indicators of population health via ‎reducing the prevalence of tobacco use (POTU). Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis gives opportunities ‎in analyzing routinely collected longitudinal data to see the effects of interventions. ‎ …”
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Migrants’ primary care utilisation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: An interrupted time series analysis by Zhang, CX, Boukari, Y, Pathak, N, Mathur, R, Katikireddi, SV, Patel, P, Campos-Matos, I, Lewer, D, Nguyen, V, Hugenholtz, GCG, Burns, R, Mulick, A, Henderson, A, Aldridge, RW

“…We linked CPRD to Office for National Statistics deprivation data and ran a controlled interrupted time series (ITS) using negative binomial regression to compare rates before and during the pandemic. …”

Impact of changes to national guidelines on hypertension-related workload: an interrupted time series analysis in English primary care by Lay-Flurrie, S, Sheppard, J, Stevens, R, Mallen, C, Heneghan, C, Hobbs, F, Williams, B, Mant, J, McManus, R

“…Age and sex standardized rates were analysed using interrupted time-series analysis.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> In 3,937,191 adults (median follow-up = 4.2 years) there were 12,253,836 hypertension related consultations. …”

The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on inpatient admissions in 204 Kenyan hospitals: An interrupted time series analysis by Wambua, S, Malla, L, Mbevi, G, Nwosu, A-P, Tuti, T, Paton, C, Cheburet, S, Manya, A, English, M, Okiro, EA

“…We estimated the impact of COVID-19 using two approaches; Statistical process control (SPC) charts to visualize and detect changes and Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis using negative-binomial segmented regression models to quantify the changes after March 2020. …”

Reply to Comment on ‘Impact of NICE guidance on tamoxifen prescribing in England 2011–2017: an interrupted time series analysis” by Curtis, H, Goldacre, B

A combined teamwork training and work standardisation intervention in operating theatres: controlled interrupted time series study. by Morgan, L, Pickering, S, Hadi, M, Robertson, E, New, S, Griffin, D, Collins, G, Rivero-Arias, O, Catchpole, K, McCulloch, P

“…METHODS: Design: Controlled interrupted time series with a 3 month intervention and observation phases before and after. …”

Sample size and power considerations for ordinary least squares interrupted time series analysis: a simulation study by Hawley, S, Ali, MS, Berencsi, K, Judge, A, Prieto-Alhambra, D

“…Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis is being increasingly used in epidemiology. …”

Use of interrupted time series methods in the evaluation of health system quality improvement interventions: a methodological systematic review by Larry D Lynd, Mohammad Karamouzian, Michael R Law, Hinda Ruton, Celestin Hategeka

“…Background When randomisation is not possible, interrupted time series (ITS) design has increasingly been advocated as a more robust design to evaluating health system quality improvement (QI) interventions given its ability to control for common biases in healthcare QI. …”
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Impact of STROBE statement publication on quality of observational study reporting: interrupted time series versus before-after analysis. by Sylvie Bastuji-Garin, Emilie Sbidian, Caroline Gaudy-Marqueste, Emilie Ferrat, Jean-Claude Roujeau, Marie-Aleth Richard, Florence Canoui-Poitrine, European Dermatology Network (EDEN)

“…Segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series was also performed.Of the 456 included articles, 187 (41%) reported cohort studies, 166 (36.4%) cross-sectional studies, and 103 (22.6%) case-control studies. …”
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Characteristics of pivotal clinical trials of FDA-approved endovascular devices between 2000 and 2018: An interrupted time series analysis by John T. Moon, Menelaos Konstantinidis, Nevon Song, Nariman Nezami, Bill S. Majdalany, Allen Herr, Gary Siskin

“…The effect of FDASIA on key design parameters (e.g., randomization, masking, and number of enrolled patients) was estimated using an interrupted time series analysis (segmented regression). Results:We identified 117 devices between 2000–2018. …”
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National COVID-19 lockdown and trends in help-seeking for violence against children in Zimbabwe: an interrupted time-series analysis by Ilan Cerna-Turoff, Robert Nyakuwa, Ellen Turner, Charles Muchemwa Nherera, Tendai Nhenga-Chakarisa, Karen Devries

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Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare-associated infections in Canadian acute-care hospitals: Interrupted time series (2018–2021) by Anada Silva, Jessica Bartoszko, Joëlle Caye, Kelly Baekyung Choi, Robyn Mitchell, Linda Pelude, Jeannette Comeau, Susy Hota, Jennie Johnstone, Kevin Katz, Stephanie Smith, Kathryn Suh, Jocelyn Srigley

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Influence of Government Price Regulation on the Price, Volume and Spending of Antibiotics in China: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Study by Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Zhenhuan Luo, Xiaodong Guan, Luwen Shi

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