Table 2.
Monthly psychiatric evaluations in ED versus pandemic periods. Monthly psychiatric evaluations in ED requested for any psychiatric reason, for suicide attempt, suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury from January 2018 to May 2022, divided by pandemic period. Data are presented as median (interquartile range). Kruskal–Wallis test has been used to compare the four groups.
| Pre-Pandemic | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Total | Kruskal–Wallis; p-Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 77.5 (69.8–88.0) | 75.0 (68.5–84.0) | 153 (132–177) | 150 (124–174) | 86.0 (73.5–138) | 31.4; p < 0.001 |
| Suicide attempts | 4.50 (4.00–7.00) | 5.00 (4.00–7.00) | 16.0 (8.75–24.3) | 12.0 (11.0–18.0) | 7.00 (4.00–11.0) | 23.4; p < 0.001 |
| Suicidal ideation | 6.00 (5.00–7.50) | 9.00 (6.50–13.5) | 12.5 (11.0–13.3) | 11.50 (8.25–14.8) | 9.00 (6.00–12.0) | 19.7; p < 0.001 |
| Non-suicidal self-injury | 4.00 (2.00–5.00) | 4.00 (3.50–5.50) | 5.50 (4.50–8.00) | 3.00 (3.004.75) | 4.00 (3.00–5.00) | 5.32; p = 0.150 |