Relationship between GPS-based community mobility data and orthopedic trauma admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria: a multicenter analysis.

IF 1.9 4区 医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-26 DOI:10.1007/s00508-024-02420-7
Natasa Jeremic, Harald Kurt Widhalm, Kevin Doering, Domenik Popp, Matthias Stark, Cornelia Ower, Arora Rohit, Roberto Boesenberg, Andreas Leithner, Arastoo Nia
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Objective: The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between mobility patterns during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and orthopedic trauma patients in Austria. Utilizing global positioning system (GPS)-based mobility data, the attempt was to assess both the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on reducing orthopedic trauma patients and the degree of compliance to the imposed movement restrictions.

Methods: This retrospective analysis included all patients (283,501) treated at 3 major level I trauma centers in Austria. Analyzed time periods were 1 January 2019 to 8 February 2021. Freely available GPS-based mobility data from Google and Apple Inc. was gathered.

Results: A moderate to strong correlation between the cumulative average outpatients and the assessed mobility index was observed for all cities (Google: r = 0.70 p < 0.001, 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.67-0.73; Apple: r = 0.64 p < 0.001, 95% CI: 0.61-0.67). A significant linear regression equation was found for Vienna (adjusted r2 = 0.48; F(1, 350) = 328,05; p < 0.01). During the first lockdown there was a drastic decline in mobility (up to -75.36%) and in numbers of orthopedic trauma outpatients (up to -64%, from 153 patients/day 2019 to 55 patients/day 2020) in comparison to the prepandemic era. The decline diminished as time passed.

Conclusion: Analyses of GPS-based mobility patterns show a correlation with trauma patient numbers. These findings can be used to develop prediction models, leading to better resource planning and public health policy, enhancing patient care and cost-effectiveness, especially in the event of future pandemics. Furthermore, the results suggest that compliance to mobility restrictions decreased over time during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in increased mobility and trauma patients.

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奥地利COVID-19大流行期间基于GPS的社区流动性数据与骨科创伤入院人数之间的关系:多中心分析。
研究目的本研究的主要目的是探讨奥地利冠状病毒病 2019 (COVID-19) 流行期间流动模式与骨科创伤患者之间的关系。利用基于全球定位系统(GPS)的移动数据,试图评估 COVID-19 封锁对减少骨科创伤患者的影响,以及对所施加的移动限制的遵守程度:这项回顾性分析包括在奥地利 3 个主要一级创伤中心接受治疗的所有患者(283,501 人)。分析时间段为 2019 年 1 月 1 日至 2021 年 2 月 8 日。分析收集了谷歌和苹果公司免费提供的基于GPS的移动数据:所有城市的累计平均门诊量与评估的流动性指数之间存在中度到高度的相关性(谷歌:r = 0.70 p 2 = 0.48; F(1, 350) = 328,05; p 结论:基于全球定位系统的流动模式分析显示与外伤患者人数相关。这些发现可用于开发预测模型,从而改善资源规划和公共卫生政策,提高患者护理水平和成本效益,尤其是在未来发生大流行病的情况下。此外,研究结果表明,在 COVID-19 大流行期间,遵守流动限制的情况随着时间的推移而减少,导致流动性和外伤病人增加。
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Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 医学-医学:内科
CiteScore
4.70
自引率
3.80%
发文量
110
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: The Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - The Central European Journal of Medicine - is an international scientific medical journal covering the entire spectrum of clinical medicine and related areas such as ethics in medicine, public health and the history of medicine. In addition to original articles, the Journal features editorials and leading articles on newly emerging topics, review articles, case reports and a broad range of special articles. Experimental material will be considered for publication if it is directly relevant to clinical medicine. The number of international contributions has been steadily increasing. Consequently, the international reputation of the journal has grown in the past several years. Founded in 1888, the Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - The Central European Journal of Medicine - is certainly one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world and takes pride in having been the first publisher of landmarks in medicine.
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