Population Decline in COPD Admissions During the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Lower Burden of Community Respiratory Viral Infections
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.05.18.21257383: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics IRB: The study was approved by the University of Maryland institutional review board (HP-00093452). Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Our study includes data from a large, multihospital health system which allows us to minimize potential bias due to hospital resource allocation, such as admission …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.05.18.21257383: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics IRB: The study was approved by the University of Maryland institutional review board (HP-00093452). Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Our study includes data from a large, multihospital health system which allows us to minimize potential bias due to hospital resource allocation, such as admission limitation of non-COVID-19 patients or transfer of such patients to accommodate COVID-19 patients. All hospitals were located in a single state and, therefore, we assume more homogeneity in the observed public health measures. We included each of the 12 hospitals in the system as a random effect in our models to account for possible differences in the sociodemographics of the hospital catchments that may influence the study findings. In addition, our data included weekly admission trends dating back to 2018, allowing for a granular evaluation of changes over time. We also assessed other possible causes of the decrease in COPD admissions, including a subgroup analysis comparing patients with varying degrees of comorbidities and frequency of exacerbations, and by correlating our findings with respiratory viral trends. The difference-in-differences models was seasonally-matched and included other diagnostic conditions to account for hospital avoidance due to fear of COVID-19 transmission. There have been prior publications that described declines in hospital admissions during the pandemic. One large study described reductions in emergency room presentations ranging from 41.5% to 63.5%, with greater reductions observed in areas more heavily affected by the pandemic.13 Birkmeyer et al. examined admission frequencies acr...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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