Appendicitis During the National Lockdown During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Claus Anders Bertelsen, PhD, MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appendicitis

Treatments: Behavioral: Lock-down and social distancing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04407117

APPCOVID-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to examine whether a nationwide lock-down with an entire population subjugated to social distancing reduces the incidence of appendicitis. If a reduction is detected it supports the hypothesis that infectious disease may play a role in the etiology of appendicitis.

Enrollment: 6,000,000 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Registered in the Danish National Patient Register during the study period

Exclusion criteria

None