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Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes
This study aimed to clarify the effect of coronavirus disease (hereafter, COVID-19) control on patients’ health conditions and staff’s working conditions in rural nursing homes. An interventional study including all staff and patients in a rural nursing home was performed from 1 April 2019 to 31 Mar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115805 |
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author | Ohta, Ryuichi Ryu, Yoshinori Sano, Chiaki |
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description | This study aimed to clarify the effect of coronavirus disease (hereafter, COVID-19) control on patients’ health conditions and staff’s working conditions in rural nursing homes. An interventional study including all staff and patients in a rural nursing home was performed from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021. Infection control measures against COVID-19 were initiated on 1 April 2020. The primary outcome was the frequency of patients’ medical care visits to the outpatient and emergency departments. The secondary outcome was the number of days-off taken by staff. Each group (pre- and post-COVID-19 control groups) had 48 participants. The number of visits to the outpatient department reduced from the pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19 control period the difference in number of visits to the emergency department was not significant, due to the low statistical power. The number of days-off taken by the staff was increased from the pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19 control period. This is the first study investigating COVID-19 control measures in a rural nursing home. It may help reduce the number of patient visits to medical facilities without increasing the risk of emergencies. A strict health check of the staff can allow staff to take more days off in rural contexts. |
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spelling | pubmed-81980002021-06-14 Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes Ohta, Ryuichi Ryu, Yoshinori Sano, Chiaki Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to clarify the effect of coronavirus disease (hereafter, COVID-19) control on patients’ health conditions and staff’s working conditions in rural nursing homes. An interventional study including all staff and patients in a rural nursing home was performed from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021. Infection control measures against COVID-19 were initiated on 1 April 2020. The primary outcome was the frequency of patients’ medical care visits to the outpatient and emergency departments. The secondary outcome was the number of days-off taken by staff. Each group (pre- and post-COVID-19 control groups) had 48 participants. The number of visits to the outpatient department reduced from the pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19 control period the difference in number of visits to the emergency department was not significant, due to the low statistical power. The number of days-off taken by the staff was increased from the pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19 control period. This is the first study investigating COVID-19 control measures in a rural nursing home. It may help reduce the number of patient visits to medical facilities without increasing the risk of emergencies. A strict health check of the staff can allow staff to take more days off in rural contexts. MDPI 2021-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8198000/ /pubmed/34071413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115805 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ohta, Ryuichi Ryu, Yoshinori Sano, Chiaki Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes |
title | Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes |
title_full | Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes |
title_fullStr | Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes |
title_short | Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes |
title_sort | effects of implementation of infection control measures against covid-19 on the condition of japanese rural nursing homes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115805 |
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