Table 2.
Primary reasons for referral by year.
| 2019 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Older adults | Total (%) [z] | Adults | Older adults | Total (%) [z] | |
| Low mood | 71 (28.2%) | 65 (42.85) | 136 (33.7%) [0.0] | 39 (28.5%) | 42 (40.4%) | 81 (33.6%) [0.0] |
| Challenging behavior | 23 (9.1%) | 28 (18.4%) | 51 (12.6%) [−0.1] | 10 (7.3%) | 21 (20.2%) | 31 (12.9%) [0.1] |
| Anxiety | 25 (9.9%) | 11 (7.2%) | 36 (8.9%) [0.4] | 11 (8.0%) | 7 (6.7%) | 18 (7.5%) [−0.5] |
| Self-harm | 28 (11.1%) | 8 (5.3%) | 36 (8.9%) [−0.1] | 18 (13.1%) | 4 (3.8%) | 22 (9.1%) [0.1] |
| Psychosis or mania | 27 (10.7%) | 8 (5.3%) | 35 (8.7%) [−1.4] | 26 (19.0%) | 10 (9.6%) | 36 (14.9%) [1.8] |
| Substance misuse | 21 (8.3%) | 1 (0.7%) | 22 (5.4%) [1.2] | 5 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (2.1%) [−1.6] |
| Medication advice | 13 (5.2%) | 7 (4.6%) | 20 (5.0%) [0.6] | 7 (5.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | 8 (3.3%) [-0.8] |
| Cognitive impairment | 6 (2.4%) | 13 (8.6%) | 19 (4.7%) [−1.2] | 8 (5.8%) | 13 (12.5%) | 21 (8.7%) [1.6] |
| Somatoform | 16 (6.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (4.0%) [0.4] | 7 (5.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (2.9%) [−0.5] |
| Capacity | 11 (4.4%) | 4 (2.6%) | 15 (3.7%) [1.3] | 2 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.8%) [−1.7] |
| Other | 8 (3.2%) | 7 (4.6%) | 15 (3.7%) [0.5] | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (5.8%) | 6 (2.5%) [−0.7] |
| Psychiatric transfer | 3 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.7%) [−0.7] | 4 (2.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.7%) [0.9] |
| Total | 252 | 152 | 404 | 137 | 104 | 241 |
Data were compared using Chi-square with z-scores calculated from standardized residuals.