Clinical trial NCT05818215: Impact of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup on PED Use and Misuse Patterns
Official title: The Impact of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup During Winter Epidemics on Paediatric Emergency Department Use and Misuse Patterns: a Multicentre, Retrospective, Population-based Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Emergencies
Epidemic Disease
Pediatric ALL
Electronic Medical Record
Keywords: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Emergency Service Hospital
Pediatrics
Epidemics
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
Influenza, Human
SARS-CoV-2
Sports
Lead sponsor: Pediatric Clinical Research Platform
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Lausanne Hospitals
First posted: 2023-04-18
Enrollment: 18000
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All patients under 16 years of age with medical, surgical and traumatology emergencies attending each pediatric emergency department during the study period will be included. This also includes transfer cases from other hospitals, as well as those who leave prematurely without being seen.

Brief summary: A retrospective cohort study to explore the impact of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar on paediatric emergency department attendance at two tertiary centres during unprecedent winter viral epidemics.

Detailed description: Earlier studies have reported contradictory relationship between major sporting events and paediatric emergency department attendance. None were conducted during an epidemic surge. The FIFA football World Cup 2022 was held for the first time in its history during the winter period in the northern hemisphere during unprecedented cumulative waves of respiratory syncitial virus (RSV), influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemics.

This study aims to measure the impact of such a global major sporting events on the pattern of paediatric emergency department use and hospital admissions during a peak epidemic season in 2 tertiary hospitals. The study hypothesis was that major sporting events, even during an epidemic peak, can reduce the number of paediatric emergency department visits compared with periods without a sporting event. Major sporting events could serve as a model for identifying human behaviours and patterns leading to paediatric emergency department misuse, in order to develop public health interventions to better rationalise health-seeking behaviours.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* all patients

Exclusion Criteria:

* none

Primary outcomes:
measure: PED visits
timeFrame: Institutional electronic medical records analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Triage acuity score
timeFrame: Institutional electronic medical records analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
measure: Chief complaint
timeFrame: Institutional electronic medical records analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
measure: Main diagnosis
timeFrame: Institutional electronic medical records analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
measure: Audience
timeFrame: Analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
measure: RSV incidence
timeFrame: Analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
measure: Influenza incidence
timeFrame: Analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
measure: SARS-CoV-2 incidence
timeFrame: Analysed retrospectively from October 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Geneva
country: Switzerland
facility: Geneva Children's Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Geneva Children's Hospital, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
name: Johan N Siebert, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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