Division of Cancer Control and Policy, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea.
Department of Healthcare Institution Support, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, South Korea.
Int J Public Health. 2022 Oct 20;67:1605211. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1605211. eCollection 2022.
Social distancing has been confirmed to reduce the incidence of not only the COVID-19, but also the incidence of other diseases. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of social distancing policies on the incidence of infectious eye diseases by monitoring their nationwide incidence data in all age groups. In this study, to analyse the impact of COVID-19 policy on IEDSC, the time periods were divided into two interventions. The first intervention was the first COVID-19 patient report in Korea on 19 January 2020. The second intervention was relaxation of the social distancing policy on 6 May 2020. Segmented regression analysis of the interrupted time series was used to assess COVID-19 policies on the IEDSC. After the first incidence of a COVID-19 patient, IEDSCs decreased significantly in all age groups, while the relaxation of the social distancing policy increased IEDSCs significantly, mostly in all groups. In the post-COVID-19 era, we hope that national-level interventions such as reducing air pollution and employing precautionary measures will significantly reduce the financial burden of developing infectious ophthalmic diseases.
社交隔离已被证实不仅能降低 COVID-19 的发病率，还能降低其他疾病的发病率。因此，本研究旨在通过监测所有年龄段的全国发病率数据，调查社交隔离政策对传染性眼病发病率的影响。 在这项研究中，为了分析 COVID-19 政策对 IEDSC 的影响，将时间分为两个干预阶段。第一个干预阶段是 2020 年 1 月 19 日韩国首例 COVID-19 患者报告。第二个干预阶段是 2020 年 5 月 6 日放宽社交距离政策。使用截断时间序列的分段回归分析来评估 COVID-19 政策对 IEDSC 的影响。 在首例 COVID-19 患者出现后，所有年龄段的 IEDSCs 均显著下降，而放宽社交距离政策则显著增加了 IEDSCs，主要在所有年龄段。 在 COVID-19 后时代，我们希望减少空气污染和采取预防措施等国家级干预措施，将显著减轻传染性眼病发展的财政负担。
