To what extent did the UK's shielding policy protect clinically vulnerable individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic? RSPH_PUHE SwanseaUni sheilding covid COVID19 SARSCoV2 vulnerable populations
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaApr 26 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent retrospective study published in the Public Health Journal, researchers evaluated the effects of the United Kingdom's shielding policy intervention among residents of Wales at 12 months.
About the study In the present study, researchers assessed COVID-19 testing rates and outcomes among shielded high-risk individuals and the unshielded public in Wales after 12 months of policy implementation. The team retrieved medical records concerning health events from March 23, 2020, and March 22, 2021, for comparator group individuals and from the study inclusion date up to 12 months following policy implementation for the shielded group individuals.
Results Of the 193,815 individuals initially eligible for shielding, 117,415 individuals identified during the first two phases of policy implementation, between March 23 and May 21, 2020, and linked to the C20 cohort comprised the shielded group and 3,086,385 individuals comprised the comparator group.
A greater proportion of shielded individuals could have undergone SARS-CoV-2 testing despite a lack of COVID-19 symptoms, e.g., to meet routine care hospitalization requirements or due to anxiety. Alternately, shielded individuals with comorbidities such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could have an increased likelihood of experiencing symptoms, increasing SARS-CoV-2 testing.
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