A study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on equine veterinary care in the UK.

IF 1.3 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES
Veterinary Record Open Pub Date : 2023-11-02 eCollection Date: 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1002/vro2.74
Sarah E Allen, Daniel G O'Neill, Jacqueline M Cardwell, Kristien L P Verheyen, David C Brodbelt
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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, equine health care in the UK may have been adversely affected due to mandated changes in the delivery of veterinary healthcare and the potential for reduced health-seeking behaviour.

Methods: Electronic patient records (EPRs) were analysed to describe veterinary activity for all equids under the active care of 20 veterinary practices in the UK in the 12 months before and after the introduction of the first UK lockdown. Pre-pandemic and pandemic levels of clinical activity were compared. Further comparisons of care, including immediate management and treatment, were made following a detailed review of EPRs from randomly selected subsets of equids under care in four time periods.

Results: All measures of activity and face-to-face interaction were lower in the early pandemic period than in the equivalent pre-pandemic period. Compared to pre-pandemic, the early pandemic was associated with a decrease in prophylactic care and non-urgent diagnostic imaging and an increase in systemic non-steroid anti-inflammatory prescription. Convenience sampling of veterinary practices may have limited the generalisability of the findings. The quality of EPRs was variable.

Conclusions: While equine veterinary activity was significantly disrupted in the early pandemic period, there was a rapid return to pre-pandemic levels of activity. Subsequent lockdowns appeared to have had little effect on veterinary care.

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新冠肺炎大流行对英国马兽医护理影响的研究。
背景:在新冠肺炎大流行期间,英国的马保健可能受到了不利影响,原因是兽医保健服务的强制性变化以及寻求健康行为减少的可能性。方法:分析电子病历(EPRs),以描述在英国第一次封锁前后的12个月内,在英国20家兽医机构的积极护理下,所有马的兽医活动。对大流行前和大流行前的临床活动水平进行了比较。在对随机选择的四个时间段内接受护理的马子集的EPR进行详细审查后,对护理进行了进一步的比较,包括即时管理和治疗。结果:在疫情早期,所有活动和面对面的互动指标都低于疫情前同期。与大流行前相比,早期大流行与预防性护理和非紧急诊断成像的减少以及系统性非类固醇抗炎处方的增加有关。兽医实践的方便抽样可能限制了调查结果的普遍性。EPRs的质量是可变的。结论:虽然马的兽医活动在疫情早期受到严重干扰,但活动迅速恢复到疫情前的水平。随后的封锁似乎对兽医护理没有什么影响。
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Veterinary Record Open
Veterinary Record Open VETERINARY SCIENCES-
CiteScore
3.00
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发文量
25
审稿时长
19 weeks
期刊介绍: Veterinary Record Open is a journal dedicated to publishing specialist veterinary research across a range of topic areas including those of a more niche and specialist nature to that considered in the weekly Vet Record. Research from all disciplines of veterinary interest will be considered. It is an Open Access journal of the British Veterinary Association.
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