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Subgroup analyses were performed by stratifying regions based on state of emergency declaration status. A controlled ITSA was conducted to compare outcome trends between areas with and without significant COVID-19 spread.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In total, 58,315 adult patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA were identified. Favourable neurological outcome significantly declined during the pandemic (relative risk [RR], 0.80; 95 % CI, 0.71–0.91; <em>p</em> < 0.001). Prehospital ROSC and 30-day survival also decreased significantly (<em>p</em> < 0.05). In subgroup analyses, favourable neurological outcome declined in areas affected by COVID-19 spread (<em>p</em> < 0.001), while no significant change was observed in unaffected areas (<em>p</em> = 0.243). The controlled ITSA revealed a significantly greater decline in favourable neurological outcome in areas with COVID-19 spread compared with unaffected areas (RR, 0.77; 95 % CI, 0.60–0.98; <em>p</em> = 0.035).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Favourable neurological outcomes among patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA in Japan were lower during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in regions affected by COVID-19 spread.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21052,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation","volume":"215 ","pages":"Article 110758"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on favourable neurological outcome after EMS-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective nationwide observational study\",\"authors\":\"Takefumi Tsunemitsu , Norihiro Nishioka , Tomohiko Imamura , Tomonari Shimamoto , Tasuku Matsuyama , Takeyuki Kiguchi , Kosuke Kiyohara , Chika Nishiyama , Tetsuhisa Kitamura , Yoshimitsu Takahashi , Taku iwami\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110758\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Aim</h3><div>To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on favourable neurological outcome after out-of-cardiac arrest (OHCA) witnessed by emergency medical services (EMS) personnels in Japan.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted an interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) using a prospective, nationwide, population-based registry in Japan to assess 30-day favourable neurological outcome (Cerebral Performance Category 1 or 2), prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and 30-day survival among adult patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA during the pre-pandemic (January 2016–March 2020) and pandemic (April 2020–December 2021) periods. Subgroup analyses were performed by stratifying regions based on state of emergency declaration status. A controlled ITSA was conducted to compare outcome trends between areas with and without significant COVID-19 spread.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In total, 58,315 adult patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA were identified. Favourable neurological outcome significantly declined during the pandemic (relative risk [RR], 0.80; 95 % CI, 0.71–0.91; <em>p</em> < 0.001). Prehospital ROSC and 30-day survival also decreased significantly (<em>p</em> < 0.05). In subgroup analyses, favourable neurological outcome declined in areas affected by COVID-19 spread (<em>p</em> < 0.001), while no significant change was observed in unaffected areas (<em>p</em> = 0.243). 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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on favourable neurological outcome after EMS-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective nationwide observational study
Aim
To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on favourable neurological outcome after out-of-cardiac arrest (OHCA) witnessed by emergency medical services (EMS) personnels in Japan.
Methods
We conducted an interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) using a prospective, nationwide, population-based registry in Japan to assess 30-day favourable neurological outcome (Cerebral Performance Category 1 or 2), prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and 30-day survival among adult patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA during the pre-pandemic (January 2016–March 2020) and pandemic (April 2020–December 2021) periods. Subgroup analyses were performed by stratifying regions based on state of emergency declaration status. A controlled ITSA was conducted to compare outcome trends between areas with and without significant COVID-19 spread.
Results
In total, 58,315 adult patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA were identified. Favourable neurological outcome significantly declined during the pandemic (relative risk [RR], 0.80; 95 % CI, 0.71–0.91; p < 0.001). Prehospital ROSC and 30-day survival also decreased significantly (p < 0.05). In subgroup analyses, favourable neurological outcome declined in areas affected by COVID-19 spread (p < 0.001), while no significant change was observed in unaffected areas (p = 0.243). The controlled ITSA revealed a significantly greater decline in favourable neurological outcome in areas with COVID-19 spread compared with unaffected areas (RR, 0.77; 95 % CI, 0.60–0.98; p = 0.035).
Conclusion
Favourable neurological outcomes among patients with EMS-witnessed OHCA in Japan were lower during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in regions affected by COVID-19 spread.
期刊介绍:
Resuscitation is a monthly international and interdisciplinary medical journal. The papers published deal with the aetiology, pathophysiology and prevention of cardiac arrest, resuscitation training, clinical resuscitation, and experimental resuscitation research, although papers relating to animal studies will be published only if they are of exceptional interest and related directly to clinical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Papers relating to trauma are published occasionally but the majority of these concern traumatic cardiac arrest.