Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland : national retrospective cohort study

OBJECTIVES: We undertook a national analysis to characterise and identify risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) resulting in hospitalisation during the winter period in Scotland.

DESIGN: A population-based retrospective cohort analysis.

SETTING: Scotland.

PARTICIPANTS: The study involved 5.4 million residents in Scotland.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between risk factors and ARI hospitalisation.

RESULTS: Between 1 September 2022 and 31 January 2023, there were 22,284 (10.9% of 203,549 with any emergency hospitalisation) ARI hospitalisations (1759 in children and 20,525 in adults) in Scotland. Compared with the reference group of children aged 6-17 years, the risk of ARI hospitalisation was higher in children aged 3-5 years (aHR = 4.55; 95% CI: 4.11-5.04). Compared with those aged 25-29 years, the risk of ARI hospitalisation was highest among the oldest adults aged ≥80 years (aHR = 7.86; 95% CI: 7.06-8.76). Adults from more deprived areas (most deprived vs. least deprived, aHR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.57-1.72), with existing health conditions (≥5 vs. 0 health conditions, aHR = 4.84; 95% CI: 4.53-5.18) or with history of all-cause emergency admissions (≥6 vs. 0 previous emergency admissions, aHR = 7.53; 95% CI: 5.48-10.35) were at a higher risk of ARI hospitalisations. The risk increased by the number of existing health conditions and previous emergency admission. Similar associations were seen in children.

CONCLUSIONS: Younger children, older adults, those from more deprived backgrounds and individuals with greater numbers of pre-existing conditions and previous emergency admission were at increased risk for winter hospitalisations for ARI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine - (2024) vom: 12. Feb., Seite 1410768231223584

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Millington, Tristan [VerfasserIn]
Robertson, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Jeffrey, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal [VerfasserIn]
McCowan, Colin [VerfasserIn]
Simpson, Colin R [VerfasserIn]
Woolford, Lana [VerfasserIn]
Daines, Luke [VerfasserIn]
Kerr, Steven [VerfasserIn]
Swallow, Ben [VerfasserIn]
Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi [VerfasserIn]
Vallejos, Catalina A [VerfasserIn]
Weatherill, David [VerfasserIn]
Jayacodi, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Marsh, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
McMenamin, Jim [VerfasserIn]
Rudan, Igor [VerfasserIn]
Ritchie, Lewis Duthie [VerfasserIn]
Mueller, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
Kurdi, Amanj [VerfasserIn]
Sheikh, Aziz [VerfasserIn]
Public Health Scotland and the EAVE II Collaborators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Epidemiology
Health informatics
Journal Article
Respiratory medicine

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1177/01410768231223584

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368356795