TABLE III.
Differences in Orthopaedic Trauma Accident and Emergency Attendances and Outpatient Clinic Attendances During COVID-19 Pandemic
| COVID-19 Cohort (2020) Weekly Total | Control Cohort (2016-2019) Weekly Total | Change | P Value | |||
| Mean ± SD | Median (IQR) | Mean ± SD | Median (IQR) | |||
| Accident and emergency orthopaedic attendances | ||||||
| Total (n = 302,717) | 4,082.7 ± 586.7 | 4,208 (3,684-4,648) | 7,388.1 ± 643.1 | 7,547 (6,969-7,868.5) | −44.7% | <0.001 |
| Pediatric and adolescent attendances (<18 years old) (n = 21,754) | 171.9 ± 31.5 | 172 (161-179) | 561.3 ± 103.7 | 581.5 (479.5-639) | −69.4% | <0.001 |
| Geriatric attendances (≥65 years old) (n = 79,926) | 1,153 ± 115.9 | 1,172 (1,085-1,248) | 1,931.9 ± 144.8 | 1,915.5 (1,863.5-2,033) | −40.3% | <0.001 |
| Traffic-related trauma (n = 13,161) | 227.2 ± 28.9 | 220 (201-250) | 308.8 ± 33.3 | 310 (289.5-333) | −26.4% | <0.001 |
| Industrial-related trauma (n = 30,938) | 411.6 ± 101 | 447 (333-481) | 756.5 ± 144 | 805.5 (713-852.5) | −45.6% | <0.001 |
| Domestic-related trauma (n = 46,188) | 686.4 ± 80.9 | 672 (636-746) | 1,111.4 ± 106.4 | 1,098 (1,066-1,131.5) | −38.2% | <0.001 |
| Sports-related trauma (n = 12,666) | 130 ± 52.7 | 137 (83-171) | 319.3 ± 67.8 | 329.5 (273.5-369) | −59.3% | <0.001 |
| Hospital admissions (n = 67,573) | 1,084 ± 101.2 | 1,093 (1,050-1,162) | 1,606 ± 122.5 | 1,624 (1,564-1,684.5) | −32.5% | <0.001 |
| Outpatient clinic attendances | ||||||
| Total (n = 495,300) | 8,261.3 ± 1104.4 | 8,357 (8,015-8,979) | 11,693 ± 2,240.3 | 12,285.5 (11,925.5-12,796.5) | −29.3% | <0.001 |
| New attendances (n = 60,639) | 1,153.1 ± 509.6 | 1,030 (992-1,134) | 1,396.1 ± 272.2 | 1,475 (1,442-1,536) | −17.4% | 0.005 |
| Follow-up attendances (n = 434,661) | 7,108.2 ± 874.5 | 7,157 (6,984-7,838) | 10,296.9 ± 1,974.9 | 10,788 (10,470.5-11,294.5) | −31.0% | <0.001 |