Table 1 ED psychiatric consultations: comparisons between 2020 and 2021 with 2019 by different pandemic periods
Comparison between 2020 and 2019 | |||||
Period | Description | 2019 | 2020 | Change in 2020–2019# | Poisson 95% CI |
n (%) | n (%) | % | |||
1 Jan–8 Mar | Pre-lockdown | 246 (20.3) | 194 (20.9) | -21.1 | (-27.7; -15.8) |
9 Mar–3 May | Lockdown | 181 (14.9) | 108 (11.6)↓ | -40.3 | (-50.7; -31.6) |
4 May–14 Jun | Loosened restrictions | 163 (13.4) | 120 (12.9) | -26.4 | (-35.5; -19.1) |
15 Jun–12 Oct | Relaxed restrictions | 367 (30.4) | 339 (36.4) ↑ | -7.6 | (-11.0; -5.1) |
13 Oct–31 Dec | New restrictive measures for the second pandemic wave | 255 (21.0) | 169 (18.2) | -33.7 | (-41.7; -27.0) |
Whole period | 1212 | 930 | -23.3 | (-26.1; -20.6) | |
Comparison between 2021 and 2019 | |||||
Period | Description | 2019 | 2021 | Change in 2021–2019° | Poisson 95% CI |
n (%) | n (%) | % | |||
1 Jan–25 Apr | Restrictions due to the second and third pandemic wave | 391 (32.3) | 295 (29.1) | -24.6 | (-30.0; -19.9) |
26 Apr–6 Jun | Loosened restrictions | 155 (12.8) | 99 (9.8) ↓ | -36.1 | (-46.9; -27.3) |
7 Jun–17 Dec | Relaxed restrictions | 618 (51.0) | 585 (57.6) ↑ | -5.3 | (-7.5; -3.7) |
18 Dec–31 Dec | New restrictions due to the fourth pandemic wave | 48 (4.0) | 36 (3.5) | -25.0 | (-43.7; -12.9) |
Whole period | 1212 | 1015 | -16.3 | (-18.7; -14.1) | |