Impact of the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Emergency Department Attendance in a Tertiary Center in South Italy: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.

Total Visits The onset of the first lockdown was associated with an abrupt drop of 69% of weekly visits (IRR 0.31, 95% CI 0.27, 0.37); after the first days of lockdown, visit counts followed a growing trend, with an increase of around 7% per week during this stage (IRR 1.07, 95% CI 1.04, 1.11); a similar reduction was also observed in the post-lockdown period (IRR 0.36, 95% CI 0.27, 0.48), with an increasing trend of 8% per week (IRR 0.92, 95% CI 0.89, 0.96), and in the second lockdown (IRR 0.40, 95% CI 0.29, 0.57), also with a trend toward reduction (IRR 0.94, 95% CI 0.90, 0.98) ( Table 3 ).

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