Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland: national retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We undertook a national analysis to characterise and identify risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) resulting in hospitalisation during the winter period in Scotland.

Design

A population-based retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting

Scotland.

Participants

The study involved 5.4 million residents in Scotland.

Main outcome measures

Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between risk factors and ARI hospitalisation.

Results

Between 1 September 2022 and 31 January 2023, there were 22,284 (10.9% of 203,549 with any emergency hospitalisation) ARI hospitalisations (1759 in children and 20,525 in adults) in Scotland. Compared with th

SUBMITTER: Shi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature