The COVID-19 pandemic and associated rise in pediatric firearm injuries: A multi-institutional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Firearm sales in the United States (U.S.) markedly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to determine if firearm injuries in children were associated with stay-at-home orders (SHO) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized there would be an increase in pediatric firearm injuries during SHO.

Methods

This was a multi institutional, retrospective study of institutional trauma registries. Patients <18 years with traumatic injuries meeting National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) criteria were included. A "COVID" cohort, defined as time from initiation of state SHO through September 30, 2020 was compared to "Historical" controls from an averaged period of corresponding dates in 2016-2019. An interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) was utilized to evalua

SUBMITTER: Collings AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9001175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature