Impact of non-pharmacological initiatives for COVID-19 on hospital admissions due to pediatric acute respiratory illnesses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interventions to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic may impact the burden of other respiratory diseases. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of non-pharmacological initiatives (NPI) against COVID-19 on the number of hospitalizations due to pediatric acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs).

Material and methods

This is a retrospective analysis of pediatric hospitalizations in Porto Alegre, Brazil. We analyzed the monthly incidence of hospital admissions from 2018 to 2020 due to ARIs included in the study. The time series was divided into the period before introducing NPI (2018 and 2019), and the period when NPI were running (2020). We compared means between the years with Student's t-test. The Dickey-Fuller test was used for secular trend analysis. For seasona

SUBMITTER: Chiapinotto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8074521 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature