COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases
Background: Children and the elderly are two special subpopulations for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and respiratory tract infections (RTIs). The study aimed to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 public health measures on the burden of RTIs in China by performing a two-center investigation....
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Background: Children and the elderly are two special subpopulations for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and respiratory tract infections (RTIs). The study aimed to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 public health measures on the burden of RTIs in China by performing a two-center investigation.
Methods: The electronic medical records of all inpatients in departments of pediatrics and respiratory medicine of Taizhou Fourth People’s Hospital (Taizhou, China) and Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital (Xi’an, China) during January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021 were analyzed. A total of 18,084 child inpatients and 14,802 adult inpatients were included.
Results: The vast majority (88.3%-90.6%) of the adult inpatients were the elderly, aged over 50 years. The numbers of child and adult (elderly) inpatients, and the proportions of RTI-associated diseases substantially decreased during COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) compared to that before the pandemic (2019) in Taizhou and Xi’an. A significantly higher proportion of LRTI-associated diseases was observed in elderly female inpatients (53.4-55.6%) than elderly male inpatients (34.3-41.5%) (p < 0.001) in spite of more male inpatients than female inpatients (1.94-1.95:1).
Conclusions: COVID-19-related interventions provide an additional beneficial effect on reduction of RTI-associated diseases in both children and the elderly.
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| spelling | doaj-art-95d1a2ac9d4b4abbab19a4fc4d71de612025-08-20T02:57:21ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802022-04-01160410.3855/jidc.15898COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseasesZhenzhou Wan0Yulin Wang1Jiao Liang2Yueqin Cao3Renfei Lu4Chiyu Zhang5Taizhou Fourth People’s Hospital, Taizhou, ChinaJiangsu Agri-Animal Husbandry Vocational College, Taizhou, ChinaShaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, ChinaTaizhou Fourth People’s Hospital, Taizhou, ChinaClinical Laboratory, Nantong Third Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Nantong, ChinaShanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Background: Children and the elderly are two special subpopulations for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and respiratory tract infections (RTIs). The study aimed to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 public health measures on the burden of RTIs in China by performing a two-center investigation. Methods: The electronic medical records of all inpatients in departments of pediatrics and respiratory medicine of Taizhou Fourth People’s Hospital (Taizhou, China) and Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital (Xi’an, China) during January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021 were analyzed. A total of 18,084 child inpatients and 14,802 adult inpatients were included. Results: The vast majority (88.3%-90.6%) of the adult inpatients were the elderly, aged over 50 years. The numbers of child and adult (elderly) inpatients, and the proportions of RTI-associated diseases substantially decreased during COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) compared to that before the pandemic (2019) in Taizhou and Xi’an. A significantly higher proportion of LRTI-associated diseases was observed in elderly female inpatients (53.4-55.6%) than elderly male inpatients (34.3-41.5%) (p < 0.001) in spite of more male inpatients than female inpatients (1.94-1.95:1). Conclusions: COVID-19-related interventions provide an additional beneficial effect on reduction of RTI-associated diseases in both children and the elderly. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15898SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19respiratory tract infectionschildrenthe elderlyintervention measuresgender |
| spellingShingle | Zhenzhou Wan Yulin Wang Jiao Liang Yueqin Cao Renfei Lu Chiyu Zhang COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases Journal of Infection in Developing Countries SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 respiratory tract infections children the elderly intervention measures gender |
| title | COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases |
| title_full | COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases |
| title_short | COVID-19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases |
| title_sort | covid 19 public health measures reduce the incidence of respiratory infectious diseases |
| topic | SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 respiratory tract infections children the elderly intervention measures gender |
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