Observational studyEpilepsy & behavior : E&B2021
Impact of COVID-19 on seizure-related emergency attendances and hospital admissions - A territory-wide observational study.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient Utilization for Acute Neurologic Disease.The Neurohospitalist · 2024Article
- Case-control study developing Scottish Epilepsy Deaths Study Score to predict epilepsy-related death.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Trends in outpatient and inpatient visits for separate ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a province-based study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A longitudinal seizure outcome following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021: Transient exacerbation or sustainable mitigation.Journal of the neurological sciences · 2022Article
- Trends in United States pediatric neurosurgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2022Article
- Epilepsy mortality in Wales during COVID-19.Seizure · 2022Article
- Did the COVID-19 pandemic impact help-seeking behavior for seizure management? A Google Trends™ study.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on quality of life in people with epilepsy, and a multinational comparison of clinical and psychological impacts.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Article
- Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With COVID-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
This is a territory-wide study to investigate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) attendances and acute ward admissions for seizures. Adult patients who presented to the A&E with seizures from January 23, 2020 to March 24, 2020 (study period) were included and compared with parallel intervals from 2015 to 2019 (control periods). Preexisting time trend in control periods and potential changes during COVID-19 were analyzed by Poisson, negative and logistic regression models. Accident and Emergency Department attendances and ward admissions for seizures decreased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 319 and 230 recorded ward admissions and A&E attendances for seizures were identified during the study period in 2020, compared with 494 and 343 per annum, respectively in the control periods. The ratio of acute ward admission per A&E attendance for seizures did not change significantly. Intensive care utility and mortality rates remained stable. For some patients, delaying medical attention due to fear of nosocomial COVID-19 cross-infection may lead to severe or even life-threatening consequences. This change in medical help-seeking behavior calls for new medical care models to meet the service gap. Education to patients with epilepsy and their caregivers is of utmost importance during this pandemic.
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