Comparison of paediatric emergency department presentations and hospitalisations for domestic accidents, overall and by domestic accident category, during the COVID-19 outbreak lockdown and the corresponding period of the previous year
| Study period 8 March–20 April 2020 | Control period previous year 8 March–20 April 2019 | P value | ||
| Total number of PED presentations>1 year | 796 | 2917 | ||
| Total number of presentations for domestic accidents>1 year | 178 | 148 | ||
| Total number of hospitalisations for domestic accidents>1 year | 20 | 4 | ||
| IRR (95% CI) for domestic accident presentations | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) | 0.09 | ||
| IRR (95% CI) for domestic accident hospitalisations | 5.0 (1.7 to 14.6) | 0.003 | ||
| Trauma | Hospitalisations/presentations | 11/148 | 2/117 | |
| IRR (95% CI) for hospitalisations | 4.6 (1.2 to 18.1) | 0.03 | ||
| Poisoning | Hospitalisations/presentations | 4/14 | 0/11 | |
| IRR (95% CI) for hospitalisations | 9.0 (0.5 to 167.2) | 0.14 | ||
| Burns | Hospitalisations/presentations | 2/12 | 1/11 | |
| IRR (95% CI) for hospitalisations | 1.7 (0.2 to 12.6) | 0.62 | ||
| Foreign bodies | Hospitalisations/presentations | 3/24 | 1/12 | |
| IRR (95% CI) for hospitalisations | 2.3 (0.3 to 15.8) | 0.39 | ||
IRR, incidence rate ratio; PED, paediatric emergency department.