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The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on pediatric mental health emergency

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dc.contributor.authorYILDIRIM, ALPER
dc.contributor.authorsFındık O. T. P., Barin G. G., YILDIRIM A., Fiş N. P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-23T08:13:03Z
dc.date.available2023-01-23T08:13:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-01
dc.description.abstract© 2023, AVES. All rights reserved.Objective: The aim of this study was to compare pre/post-coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic changes in mental health-related visits to the pediatric emergency department. Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all mental health-related pediatric emergency department visits to a tertiary general hospital between June and September 2019, 2020, and 2021. We described pre/post-coronavirus disease 2019 changes in the use of pediatric emergency departments, such as timing of visits, sex discrepancies, diag-nostic distribution, discharge planning, and others. Results: Compared with the corresponding months before the pandemic (n = 187), mental health-related pediatric emergency department visits decreased by 20.8% in June–September 2020 (n = 148) and increased by 12.2% in 2021 (n = 210). The distributions of age, sex, timing of visits, reasons for presentations, hospitalization, and outpatient clinic appointment rates were not statistically significant between the years. Self-harm in females and aggression/violence in males were the most common reasons for presentation to pediatric emergency departments in each year. In the post-pandemic period, ambulance use and patients referred by other hospitals for psychiatric consultation increased, while the completion time of consultations decreased (P <.05). The frequency of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and depression decreased, but obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders were more common in the post-pandemic period than in the corresponding months before the pandemic (P <.05). Conclusion: Our results suggest that the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in a significant change in mental health-related visits to the pediatric emergency department. Those in the groups with reduced visits may be at risk for delayed access to treatment for their mental and behavioral difficulties.
dc.identifier.citationFındık O. T. P., Barin G. G., YILDIRIM A., Fiş N. P., "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Mental Health Emergency", Turkish Archives of Pediatrics, cilt.58, sa.1, ss.80-88, 2023
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/turkarchpediatr.2022.22166
dc.identifier.endpage88
dc.identifier.issn2757-6256
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage80
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.turkarchpediatr.org/en/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-pediatric-mental-health-emergency-162871
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/285762
dc.identifier.volume58
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Archives of Pediatrics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectTıp
dc.subjectDahili Tıp Bilimleri
dc.subjectÇocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları
dc.subjectSağlık Bilimleri
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectInternal Medicine Sciences
dc.subjectChild Health and Diseases
dc.subjectHealth Sciences
dc.subjectKlinik Tıp (MED)
dc.subjectKlinik Tıp
dc.subjectPEDİATRİ
dc.subjectClinical Medicine (MED)
dc.subjectCLINICAL MEDICINE
dc.subjectPEDIATRICS
dc.subjectPediatri, Perinatoloji ve Çocuk Sağlığı
dc.subjectPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectemergency
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectpandemi
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectemergency
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.titleThe impact of the covid-19 pandemic on pediatric mental health emergency
dc.typearticle
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