P659 No decrease in number of new Inflammatory Bowel Disease diagnoses in children in the Netherlands during the Covid-19 pandemic: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large impact on regular healthcare provision in the Netherlands. During the first wave, healthcare in children was strongly reduced due to safety regulations and reduced hospital capacity for non-COVID care. This, and fear of COVID-19 could have led to delayed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) healthcare, and delayed or even missed diagnoses. This has already been demonstrated in adult IBD patients in the Netherlands1, but not yet in the paediatric population. This is of importance, as in children, diagnostic delay is associated with higher ra... Mehr ...