TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Influence of CoViD-19 restrictions on urban violence
JO  - American surgeon
A1  - Lalchandani, Priti
A1  - Strong, Bethany L.
A1  - Harfouche, Melike N.
A1  - Diaz, Jose J.
A1  - Scalea, Thomas M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - We investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected rates of interpersonal violence (IV). A retrospective study was performed using city-wide crime data and the trauma registry at one high-volume trauma center pre-pandemic [PP] (March-October 2019) and during the pandemic [PA] (March-October 2020). The proportion of trauma admissions attributable to IV remained unchanged from PP to PA, but IV increased as a proportion of overall crime (34% to 41%, p<0.001). Assaults decreased, but there was a proportionate increase in penetrating trauma which was mostly attributable to firearms. Despite a reduction in admissions due to IV in the first 4 months of the pandemic, the rates of violence subsequently exceeded that of the same months in 2019. The cause of the observed increase of IV is multi-factorial. Future studies aimed at identifying the root causes are essential to mitigate violence during this ongoing health crisis.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-1348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00031348221086821
ID  - ref1
ER  -