Impact of Pandemic of Presentation to Emergency Department and Admissions

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

166459 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-01

Study Completion Date

2021-03-31

Brief Summary

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Observational study assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentations and admission to hospital in children and young adults.

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Detailed Description

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on healthcare utilisation and delivery for children and young adults. This is despite these groups experiencing minimal morbidity and almost no mortality as a direct result of the pandemic. The immediate impact of the first lockdown in April 2020 has been well documented. A number of studies show a marked reduction in presentations of children and young adults to the emergency department.

The question is now, are these trends continuing and are they particularly impacting on specific groups and on specific presentations? With these data, services can be modified to minimise any potential for deleterious effects. It may also be possible to target groups who are not utilising health services as the investigators would expect.

The investigators will use fully anonymised routine data on presentations and admission of 0 to 24 years olds to University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Data will be graphed to show trends in activity before and after the start of the pandemic. An interrupted time series regression analysis will be used to assess the significance of any changes in trends.

Conditions

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Emergencies

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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COVID-19 pandemic

Study focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency attendances and admissions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children and young adults aged 0 to 24 years
* Presented +/- admitted to the emergency department at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust between the 1st of April 2016 and 31st of March 2021

Minimum Eligible Age

0 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Hours

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No