Emergency Medical Service in the Elderly Population in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

IF 2.1 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/23337214241271908
Mohammadreza Sabbaghi, Kheizaran Miri, Mohammad Namazinia
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Abstract

This research examines the impact of an aging population in Eastern Iran on prehospital emergency medical services (EMS), with a focus on changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional analysis was performed on data from 10,264 elderly individuals using EMS in Torbat-e Heydarieh County from March 2019 to March 2022. Statistical analyses, including t-tests and Chi-square tests, were conducted using SPSS software. Findings indicate that 30% of the 33,847 EMS calls received were from older adults. The nature of emergencies evolved from cardiovascular issues pre-pandemic to predominantly impaired consciousness during COVID-19, a statistically significant shift (p < .001). The study concludes with a call for research targeted at this demographic and suggests setting up dedicated EMS response units to cater to the elderly, responding to the increase in elderly-related EMS needs.

伊朗老年人口中的紧急医疗服务:COVID-19 大流行之前和期间的横断面研究》。
本研究探讨了伊朗东部人口老龄化对院前急救医疗服务(EMS)的影响,重点关注 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间的变化。研究对托尔巴特-埃-海达里耶县 10,264 名老年人在 2019 年 3 月至 2022 年 3 月期间使用急救服务的数据进行了描述性横截面分析。使用 SPSS 软件进行了统计分析,包括 t 检验和卡方检验。研究结果表明,在接到的 33847 次急救呼叫中,30% 来自老年人。突发事件的性质从大流行前的心血管问题演变为 COVID-19 期间的主要意识障碍,这一转变在统计学上具有显著意义(P<0.05)。
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Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Medicine-Geriatrics and Gerontology
CiteScore
2.90
自引率
3.70%
发文量
119
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (GGM) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed open access journal where scholars from a variety of disciplines present their work focusing on the psychological, behavioral, social, and biological aspects of aging, and public health services and research related to aging. The journal addresses a wide variety of topics related to health services research in gerontology and geriatrics. GGM seeks to be one of the world’s premier Open Access outlets for gerontological academic research. As such, GGM does not limit content due to page budgets or thematic significance. Papers will be subjected to rigorous peer review but will be selected solely on the basis of whether the research is sound and deserves publication. By virtue of not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, GGM facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers.
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