No lockdown for pediatric burns.
COVID-19
Emergency
Home injuries
Pediatric
Wounds
Journal
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie
ISSN: 1769-664X
Titre abrégé: Arch Pediatr
Pays: France
ID NLM: 9421356
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Nov 2023
20 Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
19
12
2021
revised:
29
08
2022
accepted:
30
09
2023
medline:
22
11
2023
pubmed:
22
11
2023
entrez:
21
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The health crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented situation in France: complete lockdown. The population had to live confined with their families, which often meant that parents telecommuted while caring for their children. However, daily risks remained more than ever at the forefront. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of burns among children during three different periods of family time: school time, vacation, and lockdown. A single-center retrospective study was conducted at Tours University Hospital. All pediatric surgical emergency room visits recorded from February 10, 2020 to March 31, 2020 were included. The three aforementioned periods were assessed. During lockdown there were significantly more burns compared to other injuries (p = 0.004). Preschool-age children suffered significantly more from burns during the same period (p = 0.029). There were no significant differences for nursery school (p = 0.522), primary school (p = 0.519), middle school (p = 0.613), and high school (p = N) children. This study underlines the need to establish a targeted prevention campaign geared toward a complicated geopolitical situation a pandemic that might occur again.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The health crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented situation in France: complete lockdown. The population had to live confined with their families, which often meant that parents telecommuted while caring for their children. However, daily risks remained more than ever at the forefront. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of burns among children during three different periods of family time: school time, vacation, and lockdown.
METHODS
METHODS
A single-center retrospective study was conducted at Tours University Hospital. All pediatric surgical emergency room visits recorded from February 10, 2020 to March 31, 2020 were included. The three aforementioned periods were assessed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
During lockdown there were significantly more burns compared to other injuries (p = 0.004). Preschool-age children suffered significantly more from burns during the same period (p = 0.029). There were no significant differences for nursery school (p = 0.522), primary school (p = 0.519), middle school (p = 0.613), and high school (p = N) children.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
This study underlines the need to establish a targeted prevention campaign geared toward a complicated geopolitical situation a pandemic that might occur again.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37989660
pii: S0929-693X(23)00177-X
doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2023.09.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 French Society of Pediatrics. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None.