Table 2.
Per cent prevalence (and 95% CIs) of healthcare disruptions during the pandemic by study
| MCS | ALSPAC-GI | NS | BCS 70 | NCDS | NSHD | BIB | USOC | GS | ALSPAC-G0 | TwinsUK | ELSA | |
| Prescription/ medication access |
4.0 (2.3 to 5.5) |
NA | 3.8 (2.3 to 5.3) |
3.4 (2.7 to 4.2) |
2.4 (1.8 to 3.0) |
2.2 (1.3 to 3.8) |
1.2 (0.7 to 1.7) |
5.5 (5.0 to 6.1) |
10.4 (9.9 to 10.9) |
NA | 2.9 (2.5 to 3.3) |
0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) |
| Procedures or surgery | 0.7 (0.0 to 1.2) |
1.6 (1.2 to 2.1) |
2.1 (0.0 to 3.8) |
1.0 (0.7 to 1.2) |
2.8 (2.0 to 3.5) |
2.5 (1.4 to 4.4) |
NA | 12.3 (11.6 to 13.0) |
2.1 (1.9 to 2.4) |
2.9 (2.1 to 3.9) |
NA | 16.8 (15.7 to 17.9) |
| Appointments | 6.2 (4.9 to 7.6) |
11.7 (10.3 to 13.2) |
7.3 (5.6 to 9.0) |
10.6 (9.2 to 12.1) |
12.1 (10.9 to 13.3) |
12.0 (9.3 to 15.6) |
8.6 (7.4 to 10.1) |
28.4 (27.4 to 29.4) |
16.6 (16.0 to 17.1) |
14.4 (12.8 to 16.2) |
NA | 3.5 (2.9 to 4.1) |
| Any healthcare disruption | 10.1 (8.1 to 12.1) |
15.9 (14.3 to 17.6) |
12.8 (10.3 to 15.4) |
14.3 (12.7 to 15.9) |
16.7 (15.2 to 18.2) |
16.4 (13.2 to 20.2) |
9.4 (8.1 to 10.9) |
31.8 (30.8 to 32.8) |
25.3 (24.6 to 25.9) |
19.9 (18.1 to 21.9) |
6.35 (5.9 to 7.2) |
19.5 (18.3 to 20.8) |
Sources: Millennium Cohort Study (MCS); Children of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC-G1); Next Steps (NS); 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70); National Child Development Study (NCDS); National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD); Born in Bradford (BIB); Understanding Society (USOC); Generation Scotland: the Scottish Family Health Study (GS); parents of ALSPAC (ALSPAC-G0); UK Adult Twin Registry (TwinsUK); English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).
Studies are ordered by age homogeneity/heterogeneity and mean age of respondents at the time of the interview. Samples for each study were restricted to respondents with non-missing information on healthcare disruptions and valid information on sex, social class, education and (where applicable) age and ethnicity. All information about how data were collected and variables were coded is available in online supplemental file 2.
TwinsUK had an additional question: ‘Have you experienced healthcare disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?’ These data were also used to derive the ‘any healthcare disruption’ variable for TwinsUK.
Weighted data where applicable.
NA, not available/info not collected.