Comparison of Algorithms Applied in The Management of COVID-19 in School Children and Their Results Through Social Mobility Data OKUL ÇOCUKLARINDA COVID-19 YÖNETİMİNDE UYGULANAN ALGORİTMALAR VE SONUÇLARININ TOPLUMSAL HAREKETLİLİK VERİLERİ ARACILIĞIYLA KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

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Yildiz S., ŞİMŞEK E., BENLİ A. R.

Journal of Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.1-9, 2023 (Scopus, TRDizin)

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Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of determining the positivity of children in the epidemic, comparing the COVID-19 management algorithms and their results applied in the two periods when face-to-face education was carried out in Turkey. Material and Methods: The study was conducted in descriptive type. The PCR test numbers and results of children aged 6-18 years studying in Kayseri province between September 21, November 16, 2020, and September 6-20, 2021, which are the periods when face-to-face education started, were evaluated. The effects and results of the COVID-19 pandemic were compared by considering the COVID-19 management algorithms applied in the both periods, on the basis of these results. Results: In our study, 2544 (7.8%) of 32558 cases detected between September 21 and November 16 in 2020 were students, while 3020 (21.3%) of 14176 cases detected between 6-20 September in 2021 were students. The percentage of students in all cases in 2021 was higher than in 2020, and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: In our study, it is seen that there is an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and the percentage of students detected in 2021 compared to 2020.This may be due to the increase in social mobility and differences in the isolation algorithms applied in schools compared to each other in the periods analyzed. In order to reveal the increase in the number of cases that differ between years and the effect of students on the number of cases, there is a need for larger studies in which other factors can be controlled. by.