Table 1.
Admissions pre-lockdown and during lockdown
| Service type and service subtype | Pre-lockdown admissions | Lockdown admissions | Statistical test | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| na | Rangeb | Meanc | s.d. | na | Rangeb | Meanc | s.d. | U | Z | P | |
| Adult mental health | |||||||||||
| Acute | 152 | 12–24 | 19 | 3.82 | 121 | 10–26 | 15.13 | 5.00 | 13.500 | −1.683 | 0.050 |
| Forensic | <5 | – | – | – | <5 | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
| Psychiatric intensive care unit | 19 | 1–6 | 2.38 | 1.60 | 20 | 0–5 | 2.5 | 1.85 | 27.000 | −0.119 | ns |
| Rehabilitation | <5 | – | – | – | <5 | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
| Adult mental health total | 176 | 14–31 | 22 | 5.35 | 143 | 12–29 | 17.88 | 5.67 | 14.000 | −1.627 | ns |
| Intellectual disability | |||||||||||
| Acute | <5 | – | – | – | <5 | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
| Short stay | 60 | 6–10 | 7.5 | 1.31 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | – | – |
| Total | 61 | 6–11 | 7.63 | 1.60 | <5 | – | – | – | N/A | – | – |
| Child and adolescent mental health services | 14 | 0–4 | 1.75 | 1.49 | 17 | 1–4 | 2.13 | 0.99 | 22.000 | −0.723 | ns |
| Mental health services for older people | 64 | 5–13 | 8 | 2.67 | 47 | 3–10 | 5.88 | 2.36 | 12.500 | −1.815 | 0.040 |
| Overall total | 315 | 39–76 | 53.88 | 12.48 | 210 | 30–67 | 44.13 | 11.97 | 16.500 | −1.337 | ns |
ns, not significant.
a.
Denotes total number of admissions during entire period.
b.
Denotes range of number of admissions per week during period.
c.
Denotes mean number of admissions per week during period.