Table 2. Characteristics of pediatric patients admitted for respiratory diseases in the period from January 2015 to June 2020 (n = 2236).
| Total (2236) | Social isolation due to COVID-19 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 2216) | Yes (n = 20) | |||
| Sex | 0.571 1 | |||
| Female | 1089 (48.7%) | 1078 (48.6%) | 11 (55.0%) | |
| Male | 1147 (51.3%) | 1138 (51.4%) | 9 (45.0%) | |
| Age group | 0.002 2 | |||
| 0 to 2 years old | 1267 (56.7%) | 1260 (56.9%) | 7 (35.0%) | |
| 3 to 5 years old | 543 (24.3%) | 541 (24.4%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
| 6 to 10 years old | 331 (14.8%) | 322 (14.5%) | 9 (45.0%) | |
| 11 to 17 years old | 95 (4.2%) | 93 (4.2%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
| Diagnosis based on CID* | 0.153 2 | |||
| Asthma / Bronchitis | 223 (10.0%) | 221 (10.0%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
| Bronchiolitis | 163 (7.2%) | 163 (7.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| UAI (upper airway infection) | 249 (11.1%) | 244 (11.0%) | 5 (26.3%) | |
| Pneumonia | 1601 (71.6%) | 1589 (71.7%) | 13 (63.2%) | |
| Infection Agent | 0.141 1 | |||
| Bacterium | 1466 (65.6%) | 1456 (65.7%) | 10 (50.0%) | |
| Virus | 770 (34.4%) | 760 (34.3%) | 10 (50.0%) | |
| Length of hospital stay (days) # | ||||
| Mean (IC 95%) | 4.21 (4.09; 4.34) | 4.23 (4.10; 4.35) | 2.70 (1.98; 3.69) | 0.005 3 |
| Minimum; Maximum | 0.13; 112.00 | 0.13; 112.00 | 1.00; 6.00 | |
Without social isolation: january/2015 –march/2020; with social isolation: april/2020 –june/2020
p-values for the chi-square test(1), Fisher’s exact test(2) and generalized linear model (3).
#: mean and 95% confidence interval estimated by generalized linear model. For those with less than one day in the hospital, we assumed three hours of stay, which equates to 0,125 days of hospitalization