Community quarantine strategy against coronavirus disease 2019 in Anhui: An evaluation based on trauma center patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Xinyuan Li¹  Jiazhao Yang²  Shiyuan Fang²  Wanbo Zhu²  Li Li³  Changqing Xu⁴  Yanning Wu⁵ 

[1] The Graduate College of Anhui Medical University, 81 Mei-Shan Road, Hefei 230032, People's Republic of China;Department of Trauma Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, 17 Lu-Jiang Road, Hefei 230001, People's Republic of China;Department of Trauma Centre, The Southern Branch of Anhui Provincial Hospital, 1 Tian-E-Hu Road, Hefei 230001, People's Republic of China;Public Health College of Brown University, USA;The Graduate College of Anhui Medical University, 81 Mei-Shan Road, Hefei 230032, People's Republic of China;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS-CoV-2;    Traffic injury;    Community quarantine;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective: The objective of our study was to introduce community quarantine strategy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Anhui and evaluate the effectiveness of community quarantine based on trauma center (TC) patients. Method: The structure of community quarantine strategy was illustrated. Distribution of injuries among patients in two TCs between January 24, 2020 and February 24, 2020 was described. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the correlation between the distribution of Injuries in TCs and the number of COVID-19-associated cases. Results: A total of 757 TC patients in the two hospitals were enrolled. The number of traffic injuries and outdoor injuries showed a significant decrease in the early stage and began to increase on February 17. The number of indoor injuries neither decreased nor increased. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed a significant correlation between COVID-19-associated cases and traffic and outdoor injuries. Conclusion: From the perspective of the injuries in TCs, community quarantine strategy was effectively implemented and significantly slowed the outbreak of COVID-19 in Anhui. However, the implementation and maintenance of the strategy is costly and requires the participation of the entire population.

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