Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol
Introduction The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has provided a set of unique challenges for paediatric patients requiring emergency care across the globe. Reduction in paediatric emergency department (ED) usage during the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely reported, but no studies to date have consolidate...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMJ Publishing Group
2022-07-01
|
| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e061778.full |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832576315871461376 |
|---|---|
| author | Mark Walker Shi Wu Wen Yanfang Guo Romina Fakhraei Brenden Osborne Mélika Moorjani-Houle |
| author_facet | Mark Walker Shi Wu Wen Yanfang Guo Romina Fakhraei Brenden Osborne Mélika Moorjani-Houle |
| author_sort | Mark Walker |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Introduction The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has provided a set of unique challenges for paediatric patients requiring emergency care across the globe. Reduction in paediatric emergency department (ED) usage during the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely reported, but no studies to date have consolidated and described what ramifications these reductions may have on neonatal and infant health. This scoping review aims to characterise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infant ED visits and neonatal and infant health.Methods and analysis A comprehensive literature search will be conducted from March 2020 to July 2022 using the following databases: Embase (Ovid), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Medline (Ovid) and CINAHL (EBSCOhost). This scoping review will use a five-step framework to guide the selection, extraction and analysis of data from eligible studies, with an additional sixth step for clinical consultation. Studies in English reporting the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on infant ED visits, as well as neonatal and infant health, will be included for screening. Key findings will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews.Ethics and dissemination Research ethics board approval will not be required due to the nature of the study design. The results of this scoping review will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presentation at academic conferences. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-084ec89876b34902809e49ab830a589f |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2044-6055 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2022-07-01 |
| publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | BMJ Open |
| spelling | doaj-art-084ec89876b34902809e49ab830a589f2025-01-31T06:55:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552022-07-0112710.1136/bmjopen-2022-061778Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocolMark Walker0Shi Wu Wen1Yanfang Guo2Romina Fakhraei3Brenden Osborne4Mélika Moorjani-Houle5Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaIntroduction The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has provided a set of unique challenges for paediatric patients requiring emergency care across the globe. Reduction in paediatric emergency department (ED) usage during the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely reported, but no studies to date have consolidated and described what ramifications these reductions may have on neonatal and infant health. This scoping review aims to characterise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infant ED visits and neonatal and infant health.Methods and analysis A comprehensive literature search will be conducted from March 2020 to July 2022 using the following databases: Embase (Ovid), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Medline (Ovid) and CINAHL (EBSCOhost). This scoping review will use a five-step framework to guide the selection, extraction and analysis of data from eligible studies, with an additional sixth step for clinical consultation. Studies in English reporting the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on infant ED visits, as well as neonatal and infant health, will be included for screening. Key findings will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews.Ethics and dissemination Research ethics board approval will not be required due to the nature of the study design. The results of this scoping review will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presentation at academic conferences.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e061778.full |
| spellingShingle | Mark Walker Shi Wu Wen Yanfang Guo Romina Fakhraei Brenden Osborne Mélika Moorjani-Houle Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol BMJ Open |
| title | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol |
| title_full | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol |
| title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol |
| title_short | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health a scoping review protocol |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e061778.full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT markwalker impactofcovid19pandemiconemergencydepartmentvisitsandinfanthealthascopingreviewprotocol AT shiwuwen impactofcovid19pandemiconemergencydepartmentvisitsandinfanthealthascopingreviewprotocol AT yanfangguo impactofcovid19pandemiconemergencydepartmentvisitsandinfanthealthascopingreviewprotocol AT rominafakhraei impactofcovid19pandemiconemergencydepartmentvisitsandinfanthealthascopingreviewprotocol AT brendenosborne impactofcovid19pandemiconemergencydepartmentvisitsandinfanthealthascopingreviewprotocol AT melikamoorjanihoule impactofcovid19pandemiconemergencydepartmentvisitsandinfanthealthascopingreviewprotocol |