Estimating the direct disability-adjusted life years associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the Republic of Ireland: the first full year

Moran, D. P., Monteiro Pires, S., Wyper, G. M.A. , Devleesschauwer, B., Cuschieri, S. and Kabir, Z. (2022) Estimating the direct disability-adjusted life years associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the Republic of Ireland: the first full year. International Journal of Public Health, 67, 1604699. (doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604699) (PMID:35719731) (PMCID:PMC9200950)

Abstract

Objectives: Burden of Disease frameworks facilitate estimation of the health impact of diseases to be translated into a single measure, such as the Disability-Adjusted-Life-Year (DALY). Methods: DALYs were calculated as the sum of Years of Life Lost (YLL) and Years Lived with Disability (YLD) directly associated with COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) from 01 March 2020, to 28 February 2021. Life expectancy is based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study life tables for 2019. Results: There were 220,273 confirmed cases with a total of 4,500 deaths as a direct result of COVID-19. DALYs were estimated to be 51,622.8 (95% Uncertainty Intervals [UI] 50,721.7, 52,435.8). Overall, YLL contributed to 98.5% of the DALYs. Of total symptomatic cases, 6.5% required hospitalisation and of those hospitalised 10.8% required intensive care unit treatment. COVID-19 was likely to be the second highest cause of death over our study’s duration. Conclusion: Estimating the burden of a disease at national level is useful for comparing its impact with other diseases in the population and across populations. This work sets out to standardise a COVID-19 BoD methodology framework for the RoI and comparable nations in the EU.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Wyper, Dr Grant
• Authors: Moran, D. P., Monteiro Pires, S., Wyper, G. M.A., Devleesschauwer, B., Cuschieri, S., and Kabir, Z.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > General Practice and Primary Care
• Journal Name: International Journal of Public Health
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 1661-8556
• ISSN (Online): 1661-8564
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Authors
• First Published: First published in International Journal of Public Health 67:1604699
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