Table 2 ED psychiatric consultations by socio-demographics and diagnosis by year (2019–2020-2021)
Characteristics | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | p-value* 2020 vs 2019 | p-value* 2021 vs 2019 | Change in 2020 with respect to 2019# | Change in 2021 with respect to 2019° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | % (Poisson 95% CI) | % (Poisson 95% CI) | |||
Gender | (7 missing) | (4 missing) | (1 missing) | ||||
Female | 646 (53.6) | 491 (53.0) | 526 (51.9) | 0.793 | 0.418 | -24.0 (-28.1; -20.4) | -18.6 (-22.2; -15.4) |
Male | 559 (46.4) | 435 (47.0) | 488 (48.1) | -22.2 (-26.4; -18.5) | -12.7 (-16.0; -9–9) | ||
Age | |||||||
18–30 | 270 (22.3) | 222 (23.9) | 279 (27.5) ↑ | 0.201 | 0.036 | -17.8 (-23.6; -13.1) | + 3.3 (+ 1.5; + 6.3) |
31–50 | 435 (35.9) | 304 (32.7) | 328 (32.3) | -30.1 (-35.7; -25.2) | -24.6 (-29.7; -20.2) | ||
51–70 | 370 (30.5) | 312 (33.5) | 295 (29.1) | -15.7 (-20.3; -11.9) | -20.3 (-25.4; -15.9) | ||
> 70 | 137 (11.3) | 92 (9.9) | 113 (11.1) | -32.8 (-44.0; -24.0) | -17.5 (-26.1; -11.2) | ||
Admission | |||||||
No | 675 (55.7) | 544 (58.5) | 533 (52.5) | 0.202 | 0.135 | -19.4 (-23.0; -16.2) | -21.0 (-24.8; -17.7) |
Yes | 537 (44.3) | 386 (41.5) | 482 (47.5) | -28.1 (-33.0; -23.8) | -10.2 (-13.3; -7.7) | ||
Diagnosis | |||||||
Anxiety | 423 (34.9) | 296 (31.8) | 319 (31.4) | 0.213 | 0.035 | -30.0 (-35.7; -25.0) | -24.6 (-29.8; -20.1) |
Psychosis | 223 (18.4) | 168 (18.1) | 232 (22.9) ↑ | -24.7 (-32.1; -18.6) | + 4.0 (+ 1.8; + 7.7) | ||
Mood | 205 (16.9) | 148 (15.9) | 142 (14.0) | -27.8 (-36.0; -21.1) | -30.7 (-39.3; -23.6) | ||
Suicide, poisoning | 72 (5.9) | 77 (8.3) | 59 (5.8) | + 6.9 (+ 2.3; + 16.2) | -18.1 (-30.9; -9.6) | ||
Substance abuse | 61 (5.0) | 55 (5.9) | 63 (6.2) | -9.8 (-21.4; -3.6) | + 3.3 (+ 0.4; + 11.8) | ||
Other | 228 (18.8) | 186 (20.0) | 200 (19.7) | -18.4 (-24.9; -13.3) | -12.3 (-17.7; -8.2) | ||