Impact of social distancing on traumatic injury incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study using nationwide data from South Korea from 2018 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 spread rapidly in 2020. To decrease its transmission rate, governments worldwide implemented social distancing. It has transformed people's physical and social activities. Such changes, differently influenced by age, might affect the incidence of traumatic injury.

Hypothesis

The impact of social distancing on traumatic injuries can influence differently by age.

Patients and methods

Nationwide randomized stratified sampling data (2018 to 2020, 1 million people per year) from Korean National Health Insurance Sharing Service were used. In this period, 364,690 patients with traumatic injuries were analyzed. People were grouped by age into 0 - 4, 5 - 19, 20 - 64, and ≥ 65 years. The incidence of traumatic injuries was compared between periods of social

SUBMITTER: Bae K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9901220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature