Social distancing cut down the prevalence of acute otitis media in children.
Front Public Health
; 11: 1079263, 2023.
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в английский
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2246622
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To evaluate the additional, unintended benefits of social distancing in cutting down the prevalence of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, especially during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) periods.Methods:
The daily outpatient attendance of AOM for childhood (from 6 months to 12 years) was compared in the tertiary hospital in Shanghai during pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 year.Results:
A total of 24,543 AOM cases were included from 2015 to 2020. When age was taken into account, children in kindergarten (aged 4-6) constitute 66.2% (16,236/24,543) of all case, followed by primary school students (6,441/24,543, 26.2%) and preschoolers <3 years old (1,866/24,543, 7.6%). There was an estimated 63.6% (54.32-70.36%) reduction in the daily outpatient attendance of AOM associated with the introduction of social distancing in 2020 (COVID-19 year). The epidemic trend of AOM in 2015-2019 was characterized by seasonal fluctuations, with highest incidence in December (18.8 ± 0.5%) and lower in February (4.5 ± 0.2%), June (3.7 ± 0.7%) and August (3.5 ± 0.5%). And distribution characteristics of different ages in COVID-19 period broadly in line with that in non-pandemic period.Conclusion:
Seasonal fluctuation in the prevalence of AOM was observed in pre-COVID-19 period (2015-2019), with a peak in winter and a nadir in summer. The >50% drop of outpatient attendance of AOM in 2020 (COVID-19 year) suggest that social distancing, mask effects and good hand hygiene can significantly reduce the incidence of AOM, which provides a preventive and therapeutic point of view for AOM.ключевые слова
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MEDLINE
Основная тема:
Otitis Media
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COVID-19
Тип исследования:
Экспериментальные исследования
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Наблюдательное исследование
Темы:
Длинный Ковид
Пределы темы:
Дети
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Детский дошкольный
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Люди
Страна как тема:
Азия
Язык:
английский
Журнал:
Front Public Health
Год:
2023
Тип:
Статья
Аффилированная страна:
Fpubh.2023.1079263
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