Effect of social distancing on injury incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the effects of social distancing on the incidence and characteristics of injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design and setting

This cross-sectional study used the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) database.

Participants

Injured patients who visited all 402 emergency departments (EDs) between 29 February and 29 May 2020 (after-distancing), and in the corresponding period in 2019 (before distancing) to control for seasonal influences.

Outcome measures

The study outcome was the incidence of injury. Using the interrupted time-series analysis models, we analysed weekly trends of study outcomes in both periods (before and after distancing), the step change (the effect of intervention), and the slope change over two pe

SUBMITTER: Cho YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8983400 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature