Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Headache Evaluations in the Pediatric Emergency Department

NCT06295003 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 700

Last updated 2024-03-06

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Summary

Background: To evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on evaluations in the pediatric emergency department (ED) because of headache as main symptom.

Methods: Number and clinical features of patients evaluated in the pediatric ED of a single site in Milan,Italy, were collected between January 2017 and January 2022. The impact of COVID-19 on evaluation rates was quantified by using the incidence rate ratio (IRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) between the pandemic (March 2020 to January 2022) and the prepandemic period (January 2017 to February 2020).

Conditions

  • COVID-19
  • Headache Disorders
  • Emergency Service, Hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-30
Primary Completion
2022-05-30
Completion
2022-05-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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