Summary
This study in the British Journal of General Practice aimed to examine the impact of Covid-19 on GP contacts with children and young people in England. The authors conducted a longitudinal trends analysis using electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database.
The study found that:
- GP contacts fell 41% during the first lockdown compared with previous years.
- Children aged 1-14 years had greater falls in total contacts (≥50%) compared with infants and those aged 15–24 years.
- Face-to-face contacts fell by 88%, with the greatest falls occurring among children aged 1-14 years (>90%).
- Remote contacts more than doubled, increasing most in infants.
- Total contacts for respiratory illnesses fell by 74% whereas contacts for common non-transmissible conditions shifted largely to remote contacts, mitigating the total fall (31%).
Impact of COVID-19 on primary care contacts with children and young people in England: longitudinal trends study 2015–2020 (6 June 2022)
https://bjgp.org/content/early/2022/06/06/BJGP.2021.0643
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