Injuries and child abuse increase during the pandemic over 12942 emergency admissions

A strict lockdown was decided from 17/03/2020 to 11/05/2020 in France in order to tackle the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic. In the Great Paris region, several areas are severely affected by overcrowding, creating difficult conditions for children and their families during a period of nearly two...

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Published in:Injury 2022-10, Vol.53 (10), p.3293-3296
Main Authors: Hennocq, Quentin, Adjed, Célia, Chappuy, Hélène, Orliaguet, Gilles, Monteil, Cécile, Kebir, Claire El, Picard, Arnaud, Segna, Eleonora, Beeker, Nathanael, Khonsari, Roman Hossein
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Child
Child Abuse
Communicable Disease Control
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Dogs
Home injuries
Hospitalization
Humans
Neglect
Pandemic
Pandemics - prevention & control
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:A strict lockdown was decided from 17/03/2020 to 11/05/2020 in France in order to tackle the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic. In the Great Paris region, several areas are severely affected by overcrowding, creating difficult conditions for children and their families during a period of nearly two months. The objective was to assess the effects of the 2020 spring lockdown on injuries, child abuse and neglect. The central medical data warehouse was screened for all pediatric admissions at emergency and critical care departments of 20 hospitals, in a cohort of 12942 children. Specific keywords were used to screen for both injuries and child abuse and neglect. We found head and neck trauma (1.2% in 2020 vs. 0.7% in 2019, p
ISSN:0020-1383
1879-0267
DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2022.08.013