Violent behavior and the COVID-19 lockdowns: a nationwide register-based study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11140%2F23%3A10446897" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11140/23:10446897 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/48136841:_____/22:N0000006
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=wf_Rer0yhu" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=wf_Rer0yhu</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1092852922000797" target="_blank" >10.1017/S1092852922000797</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Violent behavior and the COVID-19 lockdowns: a nationwide register-based study
Original language description
Objectives The primary aim was to test the hypothesis that physical interpersonal violence is decreased during the lockdown period in comparison with comparable control periods. The secondary aims were to explore the effects of gender and alcohol consumption on the violence during the lockdown. Methods Nationwide records of hospitalizations secondary to an assault were analyzed using quasipoisson regression. Assault rates in two lockdown periods, defined as a national emergency state, were compared to baseline data between 2017 and 2020, controlling for seasonal fluctuations and pandemic-related effects other than lockdown. To validate the findings on independent data, differences between lockdown and baseline in Police records of violent criminality between 2017 and 2021 were examined using one-way ANOVA. Results The rates of hospitalizations secondary to an assault decreased substantially during lockdowns (IRR = .43; P < .001) and the duration of lockdown did not affect assault rates (P = .07). The decrease in assault rates was more pronounced in males than females (IRR = .77; P < .05) and was weakened in patients with history of alcohol abuse (IRR = 1.83; P < .001). Violent crime rate decreased by 19% during the lockdowns compared to prepandemic baseline (P < .001). Conclusion We found that physical interpersonal violence decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown periods. The reduction is significantly greater in males. Emerging evidence suggests an increased risk of alcohol use and intoxication during the lockdowns. Violent crime rate decreased during the lockdown.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30215 - Psychiatry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
CNS Spectrums
ISSN
1092-8529
e-ISSN
2165-6509
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
450-456
UT code for WoS article
000842816400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85136287933