Department of Public Health, Gulhane School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkiye.
Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkiye.
Turk J Med Sci. 2023 Oct 12;53(6):1756-1766. doi: 10.55730/1300-0144.5745. eCollection 2023.
BACKGROUND/AIM: It was aimed to evaluate the positive effects of health behaviors (general hygiene, wearing face masks, physical distancing, and travel restrictions) acquired during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the prevention of other infectious diseases in Ankara Province, Türkiye.
This study was designed retrospectively. Among the notifiable group A infectious diseases, acute intestinal infections (AIIs) with International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision diagnosis codes A09 (diarrhea and gastroenteritis presumed to be of infectious origin), R11 (nausea and vomiting), and K52 (other noninfectious gastroenteritis and colitis), as well as influenza, tuberculosis, measles, varicella, malaria, and meningococcal meningitis were included in the scope of this study.The data of the selected infectious diseases in Ankara Province for the last 2 years before the pandemic (January 2018-December 2019) and for the 2-year period of the pandemic (January 2020-December 2021) were analyzed after checking the data. The number of cases were presented as frequencies, the 1-sample chi-squared test was used in the statistical analysis and the statistical significance level (α) was taken as 0.05.
The findings for each disease/disease group were discussed under separate headings. Comparing the prepandemic period (2018-2019) with the pandemic period (2020-2021), the decreases in the number of cases of selected infectious diseases, except influenza, were statistically significant.
Undoubtedly, the experience gained from the pandemic struggle will guide us in shaping our future lives. From this point forward, we should be aware that living in crowded environments and as a highly mobile population, that unhygienic habits are unfavorable for the spread of all infectious diseases, and we should take care to continuously apply the precautions for healthy living in our new lifestyle.
背景/目的：旨在评估在 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间获得的健康行为（一般卫生、戴口罩、保持身体距离和旅行限制）对预防土耳其安卡拉省其他传染病的积极影响。
本研究为回顾性设计。在报告的 A 组传染病中，急性肠道感染（AII）采用国际疾病分类，第十版诊断代码 A09（腹泻和胃肠炎推测为感染性起源）、R11（恶心和呕吐）和 K52（其他非传染性胃肠炎和结肠炎），以及流感、结核病、麻疹、水痘、疟疾和脑膜炎球菌性脑膜炎都包括在本研究范围内。在大流行前 2 年（2018 年 1 月至 2019 年 12 月）和大流行期间 2 年（2020 年 1 月至 2021 年 12 月）对安卡拉省选择的传染病数据进行分析。采用频率表示病例数，在统计分析中采用单样本卡方检验，统计显著性水平（α）为 0.05。
分别讨论了每种疾病/疾病组的结果。与大流行前时期（2018-2019 年）相比，除流感外，所选传染病病例数减少具有统计学意义。
毫无疑问，从大流行斗争中获得的经验将指导我们塑造未来的生活。从现在开始，我们应该意识到，生活在拥挤的环境中和作为一个高度流动的人口，不卫生的习惯不利于所有传染病的传播，我们应该注意在我们的新生活方式中不断应用健康生活的预防措施。
