The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incident cases of chronic diseases in Finland

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has caused changes in the availability and use of health services, and disruptions have been reported in chronic disease management. We aimed to study the impact of the pandemic on the incidence of chronic diseases in Finland using register-based data. Incident...

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Autores principales: Wikström, Katja, Linna, Miika, Laatikainen, Tiina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9384798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35972418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac107
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has caused changes in the availability and use of health services, and disruptions have been reported in chronic disease management. We aimed to study the impact of the pandemic on the incidence of chronic diseases in Finland using register-based data. Incident cases of chronic diseases decreased, except for cases of anxiety disorders. The annual reductions ranged from 5% in cases of cancers to over 16% in cases of type 2 diabetes. These findings may be due to diagnostic delays and highlight the importance of ensuring access to health care and the continuity of care in all circumstances.
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spelling pubmed-93847982022-08-18 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incident cases of chronic diseases in Finland Wikström, Katja Linna, Miika Laatikainen, Tiina Eur J Public Health Covid-19 The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has caused changes in the availability and use of health services, and disruptions have been reported in chronic disease management. We aimed to study the impact of the pandemic on the incidence of chronic diseases in Finland using register-based data. Incident cases of chronic diseases decreased, except for cases of anxiety disorders. The annual reductions ranged from 5% in cases of cancers to over 16% in cases of type 2 diabetes. These findings may be due to diagnostic delays and highlight the importance of ensuring access to health care and the continuity of care in all circumstances. Oxford University Press 2022-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9384798/ /pubmed/35972418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac107 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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