Assessing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ambulance transports for self-harm: a population-based study in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic might have affected emergency medical services transports for self-harm in Japan. However, the available data are insufficient to fully understand the pandemic's impact on ambulance transports due to self-harm. This study aimed to investigate the change in the incidence of ambulance transports for self-harm from 2018 to 2021 and to identify vulnerable age groups during the pandemic.

Design

A population-based observational study using a database from the Osaka Prefectural Government.

Setting

The database covers the entire area of Osaka Prefecture and included information on ambulance transports and hospital details.

Participants

Ambulance transport of patients due to self-harm from 2018 through 2021 was investigated.

Primary o

SUBMITTER: Nakao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature