Isolamento social devido à COVID-19 - epidemiologia dos acidentes na infância e adolescência

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: An important issue to be discussed by researchers, managers and other members of the crisis committees to face the pandemic are the repercussions of social detachment, such as domestic accidents with child and adolescent victims. OBJECTIVES: To describe domestic accidents in childhood and adolescence during the period of social isolation in the city of São Paulo-SP, regarding the characteristics of individuals, the event and the evolution of the case. METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive study, based on data on hospitalizations for external causes, accidents and violence in the city of São Paulo. Data were collected in the hospital information system and the violence and accident information system. The period used for the study was from January to May 2020. RESULTS: 4,169 accidents were registered among children and adolescents living in the city of São Paulo, and consequently, resulting in the diagnosis of injury, trauma and head injury. Among the victims, predominantly male and the main type of accident was falls. CONCLUSION: Given the above, the severity of COVID-19 in Brazil, in the city of São Paulo and in the world, and the need for efforts to reduce the speed of virus transmission at the population level and to reduce the incidence of the disease, so far, social detachment is part of the set of measures necessary to achieve these goals, permanent health education for parents, family members and society is necessary to prevent domestic accidents.