Indirect Consequences of COVID-19 on children and youth in Canada; Administrative Health Data
The Indirect Consequences of COVID-19 on children and youth in Canada aims to estimate the indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental and physical health of children and youth in Canada, by leveraging existing administrative health data sources and partnerships across provinces, territories, and organizations.
The specific objectives are to use a Canadian population to estimate the difference in the crude incidence rate of Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for:
* mental health conditions, including maltreatment and neglect,
* acute reversible health conditions, including respiratory infections,
* severe first presentations or exacerbations of chronic health conditions in children and teens comparing the pre vs. post-pandemic period.
Overview
- Acronym
- POPCORN-IC-AHD
- Website
- POPCORN-IC-AHD
- Investigators
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- Contacts
General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 2016 - 2023
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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After the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period (April 1st, 2016 to Feb 28th, 2020), data are collected during the COVID-19 pandemic period (March 1st, 2020 to March 31st, 2023). Retroactive data was also collected as far as April 1st, 2014.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- No Limit
- Supplementary Information
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Data for this study is provided by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), which contains the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System database (NACRS) and the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) for all provinces except Quebec. Quebec data for record-level ED visits and hospitalizations will be provided by the Institute National d’Excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux (INESSS). Data from Statistics Canada will provide the number of people aged 0-21 years in each province by study year. This provides a population denominator for acute visits and hospitalizations per province/territory. Data on public health measures, weekly provincial COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates (pandemic waves) are provided by the Public Health agency of Canada (PHAC) and government of Canada.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
| Other |
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Data requests to CIHI: https://www.cihi.ca/en/access-data-and-reports/data-holdings/make-a-data-request
Supplementary Information
This study is a Canadian population-based longitudinal study that uses health administrative data with a study period extending from April 1st, 2016 to March 31st, 2023.
Timeline
Population
POPCORN-IC population
The population is composed of all children and youth in Canada from birth up to 21 years of age in each of the Canadian provinces and territories, that have current provincial healthcare coverage.
Selection Criteria
- Maximum age
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21
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Participants are identified from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), which contains the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System database (NACRS) and the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) for all provinces except Quebec. Participants from Quebec are exclusively identified from the Institute National d’Excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux (INESSS).
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- No Limit
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 1 | POPCORN-IC - Retroactive data |
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2014 (April) | 2016 (March) | |
| 2 | POPCORN-IC - Pre-COVID-19 |
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2016 (April) | 2020 (February) | |
| 3 | POPCORN-IC - COVID-19 pandemic period |
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2020 (March) | 2023 (March) |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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