RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of outbreak COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatry emergencies in Spain
A1 Rodríguez Jiménez, Roberto
A1 Rentero, David
A1 Romero-Ferreiro, Verónica
A1 García-Fernández, Lorena
AB The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused an unprecedented clinical situation. A retrospective cross-sectional study was designed with the aim to evaluate psychiatric emergencies from March 14 to May 1, 2020, coinciding with the start of the emergency state and the lockdown until the attenuation of the confinement. Data obtained during this period were compared with the emergencies attended in the same period of 2019. A total of 213 psychiatric emergencies were attended in 2020 compared with 367 in 2019. The mean number of emergencies per day was significantly lower during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 (M=4.35, SD= 2.04) vs. the same period in 2019 (M=7.50, SD= 3.18). A higher percentage of patients with schizo/psychotic disorders (34.3% in 2020, vs. 24.3% in 2019), as well as a lower percentage of patients with anxiety/adaptive disorders (25.4% in 2020 vs. 35.4% in 2019) was observed during the outbreak. A significant lower mean discharge/emergency ratio (M=42.17, SD= 26.94 in 2020 vs. M=63.43, SD= 17.64 in 2019) and a higher referral to Internal Medicine/emergency ratio (M=20.55, SD= 22.16 in 2020 vs. M=3.32, SD= 6.63 in 2019) was observed. The results suggest important changes in psychiatric emergencies during the most critical period of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain.
PB Elsevir Inc.
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130961
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130961
LA eng
NO Rodriguez-Jimenez R, Rentero D, Romero-Ferreiro V, García-Fernández L. Impact of outbreak COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatry emergencies in Spain. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jan;295:113581. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113581. Epub 2020 Nov 18. PMID: 33250208; PMCID: PMC7672359.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 mar 2026