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Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea

This study aimed to investigate the change in the incidence and variance of otorhinolaryngologic diseases during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The entire Korean population (~50 million) was evaluated for the monthly incidence of 11 common otorhinolaryngologic diseases of upper resp...

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Autores principales: Kim, So Young, Yoo, Dae Myoung, Kim, Ji Hee, Kwon, Mi Jung, Kim, Joo-Hee, Chung, Juyong, Choi, Hyo Geun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293687
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013083
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author Kim, So Young
Yoo, Dae Myoung
Kim, Ji Hee
Kwon, Mi Jung
Kim, Joo-Hee
Chung, Juyong
Choi, Hyo Geun
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Yoo, Dae Myoung
Kim, Ji Hee
Kwon, Mi Jung
Kim, Joo-Hee
Chung, Juyong
Choi, Hyo Geun
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description This study aimed to investigate the change in the incidence and variance of otorhinolaryngologic diseases during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The entire Korean population (~50 million) was evaluated for the monthly incidence of 11 common otorhinolaryngologic diseases of upper respiratory infection (URI), influenza, acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess, acute laryngitis and bronchitis, stomatitis and related lesions, acute sinusitis, rhinitis, otitis media, and dizziness from January 2018 through March 2021 using the International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes with the data of the Korea National Health Insurance Service. The differences in the mean incidence of 11 common otorhinolaryngologic diseases before and during COVID-19 were compared using the Mann—Whitney U test. The differences in the variance of incidence before and during COVID-19 were compared using Levene’s test. The incidence of all 11 otorhinolaryngologic diseases was lower during COVID-19 than before COVID-19 (all p < 0.05). The variations in disease incidence by season were lower during COVID-19 than before COVID-19 for infectious diseases, including URI, influenza, acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess, acute laryngitis and bronchitis, acute sinusitis, and otitis media (all p < 0.05), while it was not in noninfectious diseases, including stomatitis, rhinitis, and dizziness. As expected, the incidences of all otorhinolalryngolgic diseases were decreased. Additionally, we found that seasonal variations in infectious diseases disappeared during the COVID-19 pandemic, while noninfectious diseases did not.
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spelling pubmed-96027292022-10-27 Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea Kim, So Young Yoo, Dae Myoung Kim, Ji Hee Kwon, Mi Jung Kim, Joo-Hee Chung, Juyong Choi, Hyo Geun Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to investigate the change in the incidence and variance of otorhinolaryngologic diseases during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The entire Korean population (~50 million) was evaluated for the monthly incidence of 11 common otorhinolaryngologic diseases of upper respiratory infection (URI), influenza, acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess, acute laryngitis and bronchitis, stomatitis and related lesions, acute sinusitis, rhinitis, otitis media, and dizziness from January 2018 through March 2021 using the International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes with the data of the Korea National Health Insurance Service. The differences in the mean incidence of 11 common otorhinolaryngologic diseases before and during COVID-19 were compared using the Mann—Whitney U test. The differences in the variance of incidence before and during COVID-19 were compared using Levene’s test. The incidence of all 11 otorhinolaryngologic diseases was lower during COVID-19 than before COVID-19 (all p < 0.05). The variations in disease incidence by season were lower during COVID-19 than before COVID-19 for infectious diseases, including URI, influenza, acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess, acute laryngitis and bronchitis, acute sinusitis, and otitis media (all p < 0.05), while it was not in noninfectious diseases, including stomatitis, rhinitis, and dizziness. As expected, the incidences of all otorhinolalryngolgic diseases were decreased. Additionally, we found that seasonal variations in infectious diseases disappeared during the COVID-19 pandemic, while noninfectious diseases did not. MDPI 2022-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9602729/ /pubmed/36293687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013083 Text en © 2022 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/).
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title_full Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea
title_fullStr Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea
title_full_unstemmed Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea
title_short Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea
title_sort changes in otorhinolaryngologic disease incidences before and during the covid-19 pandemic in korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293687
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013083
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