Article ; Online: COVID-19 social-distancing measures altered the epidemiology of facial injury: a United Kingdom-Australia comparative study.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
2020 Volume 59, Issue 4, Page(s) 454–459
Abstract: ... tertiary referral hospital during the implementation of COVID-19 social-distancing measures. The primary predictor variables ... operative) management of facial injury increased at both sites. The implementation of COVID-19 ... facial injury. A descriptive statistical analysis was undertaken on the assembled data. The study found ...
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to undertake a retrospective cross-sectional analysis to compare the frequency and characteristics of facial injury presentations at a UK and an Australian tertiary referral hospital during the implementation of COVID-19 social-distancing measures. The primary predictor variables were a heterogeneous set of factors grouped into logical categories: demographics, injury mechanisms and site, and management. The primary outcome variable was the presentation of a hard or soft tissue facial injury. A descriptive statistical analysis was undertaken on the assembled data. The study found a clinical and statistically significant reduction in the frequency (absolute number) of facial injuries at each study site. In addition, a striking similarity common in both countries was an increase in the number of facial injuries due to falls and a reduction in facial injuries due to interpersonal violence. Conservative (non-operative) management of facial injury increased at both sites. The implementation of COVID-19 social-distancing public health measures, which aimed to limit community transmission of the coronavirus, had a secondary serendipitous effect of reducing the frequency of facial injury presentations and altering their epidemiological characteristics at both a UK and Australian tertiary referral hospital. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Australia ; COVID-19 ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Facial Injuries/epidemiology ; Humans ; Retrospective Studies ; SARS-CoV-2 ; United Kingdom/epidemiology | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2020-09-11 | |||||
| Publishing country | Scotland | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 605685-4 | |||||
| ISSN | 1532-1940 ; 0266-4356 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1532-1940 | |||||
| ISSN | 0266-4356 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.09.006 | |||||
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