Hwang Youngsik, Kim Dasom, Ryu Sukhyun
Department of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon 35365, South Korea.
Myunggok Medical Research Institute, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon 35365, South Korea.
Prev Med Rep. 2022 Apr;26:101728. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101728. Epub 2022 Feb 8.
Social distancing measures including school closure and the cancelation of sports activity were enforced during the early phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to reduce the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in South Korea. To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nationwide burden of musculoskeletal injury in 2020, we analyzed data on the number of patient visits for ankle sprain in South Korea. We collected national reimbursement data on the number of patient visits for ankle sprain between August 2010 and July 2020. To quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of reductions in patient visits for ankle sprain, we developed a regression model adjusting for the annual cycle of the patient visit during 2016/17-2018/19. During the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the overall number of patient visits for ankle sprain dropped by 7.9%. The number of patient visits for ankle sprain substantially reduced by 23.4% among school-aged children (6-19 years) during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Our findings suggest that the social distancing measure has had a positive impact on reducing the burden of medical usages for ankle sprain.
在2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的早期阶段，韩国实施了包括学校关闭和取消体育活动在内的社交距离措施，以减少严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2的传播。为了评估2020年COVID-19大流行对全国肌肉骨骼损伤负担的影响，我们分析了韩国踝关节扭伤患者就诊数量的数据。我们收集了2010年8月至2020年7月期间韩国踝关节扭伤患者就诊数量的国家报销数据。为了量化COVID-19大流行对踝关节扭伤患者就诊减少数量的影响，我们建立了一个回归模型，对2016/17 - 2018/19期间患者就诊的年度周期进行了调整。在韩国的COVID-19大流行期间，踝关节扭伤患者的总体就诊数量下降了7.9%。在韩国的COVID-19大流行期间，学龄儿童（6 - 19岁）的踝关节扭伤患者就诊数量大幅减少了23.4%。我们的研究结果表明，社交距离措施对减轻踝关节扭伤的医疗使用负担产生了积极影响。
