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COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSM) and early childhood developmental concerns in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis.
Hardie I. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe 2025;:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101525.
[COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSM) may have affected children's development, for example by reducing their interaction with others. COVID-19 PHSM were associated with increased developmental concerns among young children in Scotland. While leveraging interrupted time-series analysis yields findings consistent with a causal impact of PHSM, the influence of potential time-varying confounders cannot be ruled out.]
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