Epidemiology Of Trauma Before And After The Coronavirus Pandemic-A Cross-Sectional Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/kuey.v30i5.4726Keywords:
Trauma, Coronavirus pandemic, EpidemiologyAbstract
Objectives: In January 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus pandemic as an international public health concern. On the other hand, despite the technological progress of the last century, trauma and its complications have become an important health problem. Due to the importance of trauma as one of the common causes of mortality and the need to know its epidemiology for preventive and therapeutic planning In this study, we decided to examine the trauma conditions in the patients referred to our trauma center before and after the coronavirus pandemic.
Method: This study is cross-sectional; traumatic patients presented to our center from 2019 to 2021 were included. The variables of age, gender, type and cause of trauma were extracted from patient data file. The data were analyzed using SPSSv25. Percentages and averages are used to describe demographic information.
Results: 600 cases were included in this study, of which 443 cases (73.83%) were related to one year before the corona epidemic and 157 cases (26.16%) were related to one year after it. In both groups, most of the patients were men, and the average age was slightly higher in the post-corona period. Limb injuries were the most common injuries observed. This was followed by brain, facial, chest, abdomen, neck and spinal injuries respectively. Statistical analysis showed that the number of admissions during the corona epidemic has decreased significantly compared to the previous period (p=0.00). Comparing the average age between the two groups did not show a significant difference (p=0.778). Also, no significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of gender (p=0.843). Also, in terms of the type of trauma, no significant difference was observed between the two groups (p≥0.05).
Conclusions: The data obtained in this study provide comprehensive information about the epidemiological changes of trauma before and after Corona epidemic.
