Table 1

(A) aSAH admissions overall and monthly volumes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (B) SAH admissions by severity: overall and monthly volumes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

(A)
NOverall volumeMonthly volume*
Before COVID-19†During COVID-19‡ChangeP valueNBefore COVID-19During COVID-19P value
% (95% CI)Adjusted mean (SE)
Overall16569126471−6.4 (−7.0 to −5.8)0.00011723.84 (0.75)3.62 (0.74)0.03
Hospital aSAH volume§
Low5642247111.6 (8.9 to 15.0)0.101570.56 (0.09)0.64 (0.11)0.142
Int.53146014720.82 (0.47 to 1.4)0.825562.28 (0.12)2.28 (0.15)0.977
High5650304528−10.0 (−10.8 to −9.2)<0.0001598.14 (1.41)7.42 (1.39)0.008
Hospital aSAH volume stratified by hospital COVID-19 volume¶
Low49178818332.5 (1.9 to 3.4)0.455522.94 (1.02)3.0 (1.03)0.657
Int.4614561368−6.0 (−7.4 to −4.9)0.098462.19 (0.73)2.03 (0.68)0.19
High4722752074−8.8 (−10.1 to −7.7)0.002493.77 (1.18)3.40 (1.15)0.137
(B)
NOverall volumeMonthly volume*
Before COVID-19†During COVID-19‡ChangeP valueNBefore COVID-19During COVID-19P value
% (95% CI)Adjusted mean (SE)
Mild12526982562−5.0 (−5.9 to −4.3)0.0611251.92 (0.37)1.83 (0.36)0.205
Mod.125981900−8.3 (−10.2 to −6.7)0.0621250.60 (0.09)0.55 (0.09)0.204
Severe12515081490−1.2 (−1.9 to −0.75)0.7421250.87 (0.16)0.86 (0.17)0.78
  • Table 1b: Mild, moderate and severe cases were defined as Hunt-Hess grades 1–2, 3 and 4–5, respectively. 125 hospitals submitted complete data 12-month prepandemic and pandemic data on grades.

  • *The monthly volume analysis is adjusted for the date of peak COVID-19 volume for each country, the start date of the second wave and the continent.

  • †Number of admissions during 12 months before COVID-19 pandemic.

  • ‡Number of admissions during 12 months of COVID-19 pandemic;.

  • §P value: low versus int. ≤0.0001; low versus high=N/A; int. versus high=N/A.

  • ¶P value: low versus int.=N/A, low versus high=N/A, int. versus high=0.002.

  • aSAH, aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage; int., intermediate; mod., moderate; N/A, not applicable; n, number of hospitals; SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage.