The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
International Research Collaborative-Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Dent Traumatol. 2024 Feb;40(1):84-90. doi: 10.1111/edt.12877. Epub 2023 Aug 19.
BACKGROUND/AIM: This retrospective study investigated the effect of lockdowns for Covid-19 on the rates of oro-facial trauma hospitalisations in children in Australia and the United Kingdom (UK).
Hospitalisation data for children up to 19 years old for oro-facial trauma injuries (according to ICD-10-AM principal diagnosis codes) over 5 years were collected for Australian and UK children. The age-standard rate (ASR) for each age group was calculated per 100,000 population.
In the younger Australian children, there was no statistically significant change in the ASR of oro-facial trauma hospitalisations during the 'Covid year', compared to the average rate over the 3 years preceding. However, there was a significant decrease in the ASR of oro-facial trauma hospitalisations during the 'Covid year' in older Australian children (aged 10-19), and for all UK children, except for infants under one-year-old.
Reduction of the ASR of hospitalisations due to oro-facial trauma during the 'Covid year', and the implementation of lockdown measures in the two countries provides further evidence of the impact of physical activities and travel as contributing factors to oro-facial injuries in children. In addition to its role in reducing the spread of virus infections during the pandemic, the lockdown measures also resulted in a simultaneous decrease in trauma injuries.
背景/目的：本回顾性研究调查了新冠疫情封锁措施对澳大利亚和英国儿童口腔颌面外伤住院率的影响。
收集了澳大利亚和英国儿童在 5 年内因口腔颌面外伤（根据 ICD-10-AM 主要诊断代码）住院的数据。每个年龄组的年龄标准化率（ASR）按每 10 万人计算。
在年龄较小的澳大利亚儿童中，与前 3 年的平均水平相比，“新冠年”期间口腔颌面外伤住院的 ASR 没有统计学意义上的变化。然而，在年龄较大的澳大利亚儿童（10-19 岁）和所有英国儿童（除了 1 岁以下婴儿）中，“新冠年”期间口腔颌面外伤住院的 ASR 显著下降。
“新冠年”期间口腔颌面外伤住院率的 ASR 降低，以及两国实施封锁措施，进一步证明了身体活动和旅行是导致儿童口腔颌面受伤的因素。除了在大流行期间减少病毒感染传播的作用外，封锁措施还导致创伤性损伤同时减少。
