Table 3.
Symptoms or reasons leading to emergency department (ED) visits.
| All patients N = 177 | ED patients with two or three visits/year N = 132 | ED patients with ≥ 4 visits/year N = 45 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Different symptoms | |||
| Aggression (%) | 36 (20.3%) | 28 (21.2%) | 8 (17.8%) |
| Feeling down, sad, or miserable (%) | 32 (18.1%) | 28 (21.2%) | 4 (8.9%) |
| Hallucinations (%) | 31 (17.5%) | 21 (15.9%) | 10 (22.2%) |
| Anxiety or panic (%) | 24 (13.6%) | 19 (14.4%) | 5 (11.1%) |
| Different withdrawal symptoms (%) | 22 (12.4%) | 10 (7.6%) | 12 (26.7%) |
| Increased stress load (%) | 17 (9.6%) | 13 (9.8%) | 4 (8.9%) |
| Chest pain (%) | 13 (7.3%) | 5 (3.8%) | 8 (17.8%) |
| Insomnia (%) | 6 (3.4%) | 4 (3.0%) | 2 (4.4%) |
| Others* (%) | 69 (39.0%) | 39 (29.5%) | 30 (66.7%) |
| Different reasons | |||
| Acute drug toxicity (%) -Only alcohol -Drugs and alcohol |
90 (50.8%) 61 (34.5%) 29 (16.4%) |
62 (47.0%) 45 (34.1%) 17 (12.9%) |
28 (62.2%) 16 (35.6%) 12 (26.7%) |
| Suicide attempt (%) | 54 (30.5%) | 38 (28.8%) | 16 (35.6%) |
| Self-mutilation (%) | 45 (25.4%) | 24 (18.2%) | 21 (46.7%) |
| Foreign body invagination (%) | 4 (2.3%) | 1 (0.8%) | 3 (6.7%) |
| Wish for a medical prescription (%) | 14 (7.9%) | 9 (6.8%) | 5 (11.1%) |
| Wish for alcohol or drug withdrawal (%) | 12 (6.8%) | 6 (4.5%) | 6 (13.3%) |
| Wish for psychiatric admission (%) | 8 (4.5%) | 4 (3.0%) | 4 (8.9%) |
It is possible that more than one symptom and/or reason leading to ED visit; ED, emergency department. Others included symptoms of generalized or specific pain (e.g., headache, back, limbs, or abdominal pain), poor appetite, weakness, fatigue, dizziness, trembling or muscle cramps, etc.