Mirahmadizadeh Alireza, Gharghani Ahad Amiri, Heiran Alireza, Rahimpour Nadia
Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Heliyon. 2024 May 31;10(11):e32130. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32130. eCollection 2024 Jun 15.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of traveling populations, yet little is known about the health status of nomadic communities. This ecological study aimed to investigate the health status of the nomadic population in Fars Province, Iran, during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nomadic Information Registration System (NIRS) data were used to compare COVID-19 diagnostic tests, confirmed cases, referrals, hospital admissions, deaths, and vaccination coverage between the nomadic and general populations. Non-parametric chi-square test was used for data analysis.
In Fars Province, COVID-19 diagnostic tests were performed on 2.73 % of the nomadic population and 40 % of the general population. The test positivity rate was 23.91 % for the nomadic population and 29.3 % for the general population. The case fatality ratio (CFR) for COVID-19 was 9.24 % for the nomadic population and 1.29 % for the general population. Additionally, only 41.83 % and 24.35 % of the nomadic population had received the first and second doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, respectively, which were lower than the general population's rates of 65.65 % and 59.71 %.
The nomadic population in Fars Province received suboptimal COVID-19 care compared to the general population.
新冠疫情凸显了流动人群的脆弱性，但对于游牧社区的健康状况却知之甚少。这项生态学研究旨在调查伊朗法尔斯省游牧人口在新冠疫情头两年的健康状况。
使用游牧信息登记系统（NIRS）的数据，比较游牧人口和普通人群之间的新冠诊断检测、确诊病例、转诊、住院、死亡及疫苗接种覆盖率。数据分析采用非参数卡方检验。
在法尔斯省，对2.73%的游牧人口和40%的普通人口进行了新冠诊断检测。游牧人口的检测阳性率为23.91%，普通人口为29.3%。新冠的病死率（CFR）在游牧人口中为9.24%，在普通人口中为1.29%。此外，分别只有41.83%和24.35%的游牧人口接种了第一剂和第二剂新冠疫苗，低于普通人口65.65%和59.71%的接种率。
与普通人群相比，法尔斯省的游牧人口获得的新冠护理不够理想。
