Research Article

EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY

Volume: 6 Number: 1 February 8, 2021
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EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY

Abstract

During the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, many precautions have been taken in every field in Turkey. Curfews started for people aged 65 and over on March 21, and for people under the age of 20 on April 3 and also on April 23, short-term curfews were only introduced for everyone on weekends, and the normalization process began on June 1. The goal of this research was to evaluate the impact of the social restrictions and normalization applied in our country on the medical outcomes of 953 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between 15 March and 21 June 2020. Patients' age, gender, symptoms, chest tomography, intensive care, and intubation status, mortality rates, laboratory parameters, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results were recorded. Patient results were compared in the period of 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after curfews applied to over the age of 65 and under the age of 20 years, curfews applied to everyone for weekends and the beginning of normalization. The sociodemographic characteristics in the 1st and 2nd periods were not different, but the number of female patients increased in the 3rd period. There were some changes in symptoms and laboratory values in all periods. Deaths, admission to intensive care unit, positive PCR, and at least one positive PCR or tomography compatible with COVID-19 increased for period 1 (p<0.05). While clinical and radiological characteristics didn’t vary in the 2nd period, deaths decreased in period 3 (p:0.015). Although the findings of our study don’t seem to be positively affected by the restrictions applied in the early phase of the pandemic, we think that these restrictions have a positive impact on the number and severity of patients in the long term and provide time for the management and improvement of the health system.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Public Health, Environmental Health

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

February 8, 2021

Submission Date

January 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

January 25, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Yenibertiz, D., Akıncı Özyürek, B., Koç, F., Gökler, M. E., & Şengezer, T. (2021). EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, 6(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.857512
AMA
1.Yenibertiz D, Akıncı Özyürek B, Koç F, Gökler ME, Şengezer T. EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2021;6(1):11-21. doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.857512
Chicago
Yenibertiz, Derya, Berna Akıncı Özyürek, Filiz Koç, Mehmet Enes Gökler, and Tijen Şengezer. 2021. “EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 6 (1): 11-21. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.857512.
EndNote
Yenibertiz D, Akıncı Özyürek B, Koç F, Gökler ME, Şengezer T (February 1, 2021) EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 6 1 11–21.
IEEE
[1]D. Yenibertiz, B. Akıncı Özyürek, F. Koç, M. E. Gökler, and T. Şengezer, “EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY”, ESTUDAM Public Health Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 11–21, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.35232/estudamhsd.857512.
ISNAD
Yenibertiz, Derya - Akıncı Özyürek, Berna - Koç, Filiz - Gökler, Mehmet Enes - Şengezer, Tijen. “EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 6/1 (February 1, 2021): 11-21. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.857512.
JAMA
1.Yenibertiz D, Akıncı Özyürek B, Koç F, Gökler ME, Şengezer T. EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2021;6:11–21.
MLA
Yenibertiz, Derya, et al. “EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, Feb. 2021, pp. 11-21, doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.857512.
Vancouver
1.Derya Yenibertiz, Berna Akıncı Özyürek, Filiz Koç, Mehmet Enes Gökler, Tijen Şengezer. EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19 (COVID-19) IN TURKEY. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2021 Feb. 1;6(1):11-2. doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.857512

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