Disability-adjusted life years due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the health burden of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and to investigate how the burden varies across age groups and sex.

Methods and analysis

A retrospective study was conducted based on information obtained from the daily situation reports and monthly epidemiological reports issued by the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. DALYs due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka from 27 January 2020 to 30 June 2022 were estimated by age and sex. For the calculation, we also included the DALYs due to mild anxiety for the family members of the patients with COVID-19.

Results

The total number of COVID-19 cases reported during this time period was 664 123, of which, 54% were males. There were 16 521 deaths reported

SUBMITTER: Wickremasinghe AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812700 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature