Impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions on inflammatory diseases of the nose.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to investigate the impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), implemented by the Chinese government during 2020-2022 to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019, on the incidence of inflammatory nasal diseases, including chronic nonallergic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, acute rhinitis, chronic sinusitis and acute sinusitis.

Methods

Medical records from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Hangzhou Normal University Affiliated Hospital were analysed to compare the incidence of the five nasal diseases between the pre-pandemic (January 2018-December 2019) and the pandemic prevention periods (January 2020-December 2022). The Chi-square test was used to compare incidence rates and sex/age distributions.

Results

The incidence of chron

SUBMITTER: Dai L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716473 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature