ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2024
Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period on hospital admissions for paediatric accidents: a French nationwide study.
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- Wastewater-Based Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Modeling of COVID-19 Infection Trends.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown posed a number of unprecedented problems. Accidents to children are a major public health concern. This study sought to determine the impact of France's 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on hospital admissions for paediatric accidents. This study was a retrospective cohort analysis of data from the French national inpatient database. Children admitted to a French hospital for an accident from January to July 2020 and 2019 were included. The number of admissions for accidents between January and July in 2020 (the study period) vs. the same period (the control period) in 2019 was recorded. Hospital admission rate ratios (HRRs) comparing 2020 with 2019 were calculated for three periods in 2020 and 2019: before lockdown (P1, January 1 to March 15), during lockdown (P2, March 16 to May 10), and after lockdown (P3, May 11 to July 31). A total of 72,089 children were admitted to hospital for accidents between January and July 2020 (mean (SD) age, 8.7 (5.8)), and 84,961 between January and July 2019 (mean (SD) age, 9.2 (5.7)). A total of 12,864 children (18%) were admitted during the lockdown period (P2) in 2020, and 23,098 (27%) during the equivalent period in 2019 (HRR, 0.56; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.55-0.57; p < .001). There were significantly fewer admissions for accidents in 2020 than in 2019; the HRR was 0.97 (95% CI, 0.96-0.99; p = .003) for P1 and 0.95 (95% CI, 0.93-0.96; p < .001) for P3. During the 2020 lockdown period (P2), the risk of accident-related paediatric admissions with critical care lasting for at least 1 day was lower than in 2019 (HRR 0.67; 95% CI, 0.62-0.73; p < .001).
conclusionsFurther research could usefully examine how parents create a safe home environment for their children. WHAT IS KNOWN: • During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown posed a number of unprecedented problems. Accidents to children are a major public health concern. This study sought to determine the impact of France's 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on hospital admissions for paediatric accidents. WHAT IS NEW: • The first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in France was associated with a decrease in the absolute number of hospital admissions for paediatric accidents, for all age groups, as well as the number of accident-related paediatric hospital stays involving critical care.
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