Table 1 1Number of ED visits for the combined mental health disorders2 before and during covid-19 pandemic (N = 1117)
Before | During | P-value 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Total | 128 (11.46) | 204 (18.26) | 249 (22.29) | 536 (47.95) | ||
Age | 0.04 | |||||
14–20 | 128 (11.46) | 11 (8.59) | 23 (11.27) | 35 (14.06) | 45 (8.40) | |
21–40 | 557 (47.57) | 69 (53.91) | 103 (50.49) | 134 (53.82) | 249 (46.46) | |
41–60 | 355 (30.32) | 38 (29.69) | 60 (29.41) | 61 (24.50) | 197 (36.75) | |
61–99 | 101 (8.63) | 10 (7.81) | 18 (8.82) | 19 (7.63) | 45 (8.4) | |
Sex | <.0001 | |||||
Male | 541 (48.43) | 78 (60.94) | 104 (50.98) | 146 (58.63) | 213 (39.74) | |
Female | 576 (51.57) | 50 (39.06) | 100 (49.02) | 103 (41.37) | 323 (60.26) | |
Nationality | ||||||
Saudi | 1104 (98.84) | 126 (98.44) | 201 (98.53) | 246 (98.8) | 531 (99.07) | 0.89 |
Non-Saudi | 13 (1.16) | 2 (1.56) | 3 (1.47) | 3 (1.2) | 5 (0.93) | |
Region | 0.2 | |||||
Central (Riyadh) | 541 (48.43) | 61 (47.66) | 113 (55.39) | 138 (55.42) | 264 (49.25) | |
Western (Jeddah) | 576 (51.57) | 67 (52.34) | 91 (44.61) | 111 (44.58) | 272 (50.75) | |