Pune: A study of patients treated at Dy Pune Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research during the Lockdown Covid-19 years ago and the same period in 2019 has revealed that the Emergency Department (ED) received reception because of itself -Harm Violence rose significantly during the locking period.
This study found that while the overall burden of the patient increased by 41.4% during locking compared to 2019, this patient torrent also brought with their 12.7% increase in tried cases and a surprising increase of 95% of the victims of violence received at Ed.
The researchers told TII that this was a significant increase in showing that the number of larger cases in 2020 was not just a coincidence, therefore it could be associated with strong strict steps during Covid-19 locking which caused unemployment, loneliness, crunch crunch between family.
, which might worsen the issue of existing mental health.
The main researcher for this study, Dr.
Ishan Lamba, told TII, “Among those learned, consumption of sanitisers, previously not seen in the 2019 dataset, accounted for 8% of all self-poisoning reported at the hospital ed in 2020, while violence It was recorded as injury injury mode during the locking period, consisting of 82.7% (486 acceptance) in 2020, compared with 73.3% (176 reception) in 2019.
“This study is scheduled to be published at the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Dr.
Varsha S Shinde, Professor, the Department of Emergency Treatment at the Hospital, said that “an increase in violence by individuals known to be seen – from 68.8% of the total cases of violence presented in 2019 to 78% in the locking period.
Intimate Violence Mitra also increased from 4% to 7% among the cases presented.
blunt weapons (in 355 cases in 2020) are most commonly used, but there is an increase in the use of sharp weapons from 9% of the total case of attacks in 2019 to 16.2 % of the total assault cases presented in ED in 2020.
“Dr.
Suhrith Bhattaram, another researcher from Dy Patil Medical College, hospital and research, said the hunting cases of self-contributed 17.3% (102) of all research subjects By 2020, compared to 26.7% (64) in 2019.
“However, there was a decrease in self-poisoning among the cases studied in 2019 compared to the locking period: from 84.4% to 69.6%.
This decrease is greater in pharmaceutical consumption, rather than non-pharmaceutical agents.
Hanging also saw an increase from 3.1% to 7.8%.
Sanitiser or rubbing alcohol consumption, not seen in the 2019 dataset, accounts for 12.67% of all consumption during locking, “he said.
The study also found an important increase of 10.9% (7 cases in 2019) to 38.2% (39 Cases during locking) in alcohol use before the action of hurting themselves.
In cases of violence, the use of alcohol before the action increased from 22.7% (40 cases in 2019) to 43% (209 cases during locking).
The study also stated that the receipt of the department Emergency in hospitals rose 41.4% during the locking period.
A total of 12,238 patients were treated at ED hospitals during March 24-June 30 2020 (locking period) as against 8,654 during March 24 to June 30, 2019, which was stated.