Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With a New Health Record of Somatic Symptom and Related Disordersa.
| Variable | Diagnostic settingb | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 33 272) | 4-24 y | 4-12 y | 13-17 y | 18-24 y | |||||||||
| Outpatient (n = 17 893) | ED (n = 13 310) | Inpatient (n = 2069) | Outpatient (n = 1958) | ED (n = 1608) | Inpatient (n = 309) | Outpatient (n = 3387) | ED (n = 3142) | Inpatient (n = 744) | Outpatient (n = 12 548) | ED (n = 8560) | Inpatient (n = 1016) | ||
| Age, median (IQR), y | 20 (16-22) | 20 (17-22) | 19 (16-22) | 17 (15-21) | 9 (6-11) | 9 (7-11) | 10 (9-12) | 16 (14-17) | 16 (14-17) | 16 (14-17) | 21 (20-23) | 21 (19-23) | 21 (19-23) |
| Age, y | |||||||||||||
| 4-12 | 3875 (11.6) | 1958 (10.9) | 1608 (12.0) | 309 (14.9) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 13-17 | 7273 (21.9) | 3387 (18.9) | 3142 (23.6) | 744 (36.0) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 18-24 | 22 124 (66.5) | 12 548 (70.1) | 8560 (64.3) | 1016 (49.1) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Female | 17 387 (52.3) | 7148 (39.9) | 8791 (66.0) | 1448 (70.0) | 905 (46.2) | 839 (52.2) | 187 (60.5) | 1788 (52.8) | 2240 (71.3) | 560 (75.3) | 4455 (35.5) | 5712 (66.7) | 701 (69.0) |
| Male | 15 885 (47.7) | 10 745 (60.1) | 4519 (34.0) | 621 (30.0) | 1053 (53.8) | 769 (47.8) | 122 (39.5) | 1599 (47.2) | 902 (28.7) | 184 (24.7) | 8093 (64.5) | 2848 (33.3) | 315 (31.0) |
| Neighborhood income quintile | |||||||||||||
| 1 (lowest) | 7477 (22.5) | 3751 (21.0) | 3281 (24.7) | 445 (21.5) | 519 (26.5) | 372 (23.1) | 56 (18.1) | 695 (20.5) | 677 (21.5) | 133 (17.9) | 2537 (20.2) | 2232 (26.1) | 259 (25.5) |
| 2 | 6367 (19.1) | 3336 (18.6) | 2643 (19.9) | 388 (18.8) | 394 (20.1) | 296 (18.4) | 54 (17.5) | 610 (18.0) | 603 (19.2) | 145 (19.5) | 2332 (18.6) | 1744 (20.4) | 189 (18.6) |
| 3 | 6241 (18.8) | 3344 (18.7) | 2497 (18.8) | 400 (19.3) | 332 (17.0) | 302 (18.8) | 76 (24.6) | 648 (19.1) | 600 (19.1) | 139 (18.7) | 2364 (18.8) | 1595 (18.6) | 185 (18.2) |
| 4 | 6685 (20.1) | 3629 (20.3) | 2639 (19.8) | 417 (20.2) | 368 (18.8) | 333 (20.7) | 56 (18.1) | 711 (21.0) | 677 (21.5) | 153 (20.6) | 2550 (20.3) | 1629 (19.0) | 208 (20.5) |
| 5 (highest) | 6383 (19.2) | 3784 (21.1) | 2189 (16.4) | 410 (19.8) | 339 (17.3) | 293 (18.2) | 67 (21.7) | 714 (21.1) | 570 (18.1) | 168 (22.6) | 2731 (21.8) | 1326 (15.5) | 175 (17.2) |
| Missing | 119 (0.4) | 49 (0.3) | 61 (0.5) | 9 (0.4) | 6 (0.3) | 12 (0.7) | NA | 9 (0.3) | 15 (0.5) | 6 (0.8) | 34 (0.3) | 34 (0.4) | NA |
| Rurality | |||||||||||||
| Major urban | 23 449 (70.5) | 14 490 (81.0) | 7554 (56.8) | 1405 (67.9) | 1652 (84.4) | 935 (58.1) | 211 (68.3) | 2722 (80.4) | 1627 (51.8) | 500 (67.2) | 10 116 (80.6) | 4992 (58.3) | 694 (68.3) |
| Urban | 6876 (20.7) | 2569 (14.4) | 3835 (28.8) | 472 (22.8) | 217 (11.1) | 436 (27.1) | 70 (22.7) | 475 (14.0) | 978 (31.1) | 170 (22.8) | 1877 (15.0) | 2421 (28.3) | 232 (22.8) |
| Rural | 2652 (8.0) | 780 (4.4) | 1712 (12.9) | 160 (7.7) | 83 (4.2) | 206 (12.8) | 28 (9.1) | 179 (5.3) | 479 (15.2) | 60 (8.1) | 518 (4.1) | 1027 (12.0) | 76 (7.5) |
| Missing | 295 (0.9) | 54 (0.3) | 209 (1.6) | 32 (1.5) | 6 (0.3) | 31 (1.9) | NA | 11 (0.3) | 58 (1.8) | 14 (1.9) | 37 (0.3) | 120 (1.4) | 14 (1.4) |
| Immigrant category | |||||||||||||
| Refugee | 908 (2.7) | 673 (3.8) | 194 (1.5) | 41 (2.0) | 38 (1.9) | 15 (0.9) | 2 (0.6) | 114 (3.4) | 25 (0.8) | 15 (2.0) | 521 (4.2) | 154 (1.8) | 24 (2.4) |
| Immigrant | 2711 (8.1) | 2101 (11.7) | 521 (3.9) | 89 (4.3) | 146 (7.5) | 39 (2.4) | 11 (3.6) | 287 (8.5) | 89 (2.8) | 21 (2.8) | 1668 (13.3) | 393 (4.6) | 57 (5.6) |
| Nonimmigrant | 29 653 (89.1) | 15 119 (84.5) | 12 595 (94.6) | 1939 (93.7) | 1774 (90.6) | 1554 (96.6) | 296 (95.8) | 2986 (88.2) | 3028 (96.4) | 708 (95.2) | 10 359 (82.6) | 8013 (93.6) | 935 (92.0) |
| Usual practitioner | |||||||||||||
| Pediatrician | 648 (1.9) | 270 (1.5) | 276 (2.1) | 102 (4.9) | 110 (5.6) | 127 (7.9) | 40 (12.9) | 98 (2.9) | 110 (3.5) | 52 (7.0) | 62 (0.5) | 39 (0.5) | 10 (1.0) |
| Family physician | 30 515 (91.7) | 16 631 (92.9) | 12 038 (90.4) | 1846 (89.2) | 1745 (89.1) | 1321 (82.2) | 244 (79.0) | 3111 (91.9) | 2782 (88.5) | 641 (86.2) | 11 775 (93.8) | 7935 (92.7) | 961 (94.6) |
| Other | 87 (0.3) | 41 (0.2) | 30 (0.2) | 16 (0.8) | 8 (0.4) | 9 (0.6) | NA | 8 (0.2) | 9 (0.3) | 7 (0.9) | 25 (0.2) | 12 (0.1) | NA |
| No primary care | 2022 (6.1) | 951 (5.3) | 966 (7.3) | 105 (5.1) | 95 (4.9) | 151 (9.4) | 25 (7.1) | 170 (5.0) | 241 (7.7) | 44 (5.9) | 686 (5.5) | 574 (6.7) | 44 (4.4) |
| Continuity of primary care | |||||||||||||
| Low | 11 933 (35.9) | 6689 (37.4) | 4535 (34.1) | 709 (34.3) | 646 (33.0) | 502 (31.2) | 104 (33.7) | 1095 (32.3) | 900 (28.6) | 242 (32.5) | 4948 (39.4) | 3133 (36.6) | 363 (35.7) |
| Moderate | 8985 (27.0) | 4851 (27.1) | 3534 (26.6) | 600 (29.0) | 590 (30.1) | 417 (25.9) | 101 (32.7) | 945 (27.9) | 852 (27.1) | 213 (28.6) | 3316 (26.4) | 2265 (26.5) | 286 (28.1) |
| High | 10 332 (31.1) | 5402 (30.2) | 4275 (32.1) | 655 (31.7) | 627 (32.0) | 538 (33.5) | 84 (27.2) | 1177 (34.8) | 1149 (36.6) | 245 (32.9) | 3598 (28.7) | 2588 (30.2) | 326 (32.1) |
| No primary care | 2022 (6.1) | 951 (5.3) | 966 (7.3) | 105 (5.1) | 95 (4.9) | 151 (9.4) | 20 (6.5) | 170 (5.0) | 241 (7.7) | 44 (5.9) | 686 (5.5) | 574 (6.7) | 41 (4.0) |
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available.
a
In Ontario, Canada, from 2010 to 2015.
b
Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise specified.