التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Trends in Pediatric Hospitalizations and Mortality during the Covid-19 Pandemic in an Urban Setting in Cameroon |
| المؤلفون: |
Chiabi, Andreas, Forgwei, Mfie Nji, Bissong, Marie, Niba, Loveline, Abah, Jevis Ning, Nsame, Denis |
| المصدر: |
J Trop Pediatr |
| بيانات النشر: |
Oxford University Press |
| سنة النشر: |
2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Original Paper, demo, socio |
| الوصف: |
BACKGROUND: The first case of COVID-19 in Cameroon was recorded in March 2020. In response to the pandemic, Cameroon like most countries instituted a number of control measures to curb the spread of the pandemic across the country. These COVID-19 control measures added to the fear of this disease within the population may have led to other detrimental health effects like; the pattern of hospitalizations and hospital outcome. METHODS: We did a cross-sectional study with data from in-patient admission records of children admitted at the pediatric ward of the Regional Hospital Bamenda over a 24 months period, (1(st) of March 2019 to the 28(th) of February 2021). The pre-pandemic period in Cameroon (that is the first 12 months, from March 2019–February 2020) and the pandemic period (that is the last 12 months, from March 2020–February 2021) were compared. RESULTS: A total of 2,282 hospitalization records were included in the study. Most of the hospitalized children were males (57.23%). There was a 19.03% decline in pediatric hospitalizations during the first twelve months of the pandemic, which was statistically significant (P = 0.00024). The causes of hospitalizations and mortality remained similar over both periods, with severe malaria the leading cause of admissions. Hospital deaths before and during the pandemic were 1.6% and 1.9% respectively. CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant decline in pediatric hospitalizations during the first twelve months of the pandemic, as compared to the same period before the pandemic. Hospital mortality, and causes of hospitalizations remained similar over both periods. LAY SUMMARY: The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency and challenge to the health systems of most countries worldwide. The initial response of the Cameroon government to the COVID-19 pandemic was to put a number of measures in place to stop the spread of the virus across the country. These measures, though beneficial in the fight against COVID-19 could have led to other detrimental health . |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8992244/ |
| الاتاحة: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8992244/ |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.6C31A060 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |