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Table 2 Numbers and proportions of patients with each mental health diagnostic classification before and during the1 pandemic

From: Trends in emergency department visits for mental health disorder diagnoses before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study 2018–2021

Mental Disrober Frequency of visits  

Before covid-19

2018–2019

During covid-19

2020–2021

Changes

P value 2

n (%)

n (%)

(%)

Total

  

+  40.61

 

Adjustment disorder

59 (32.78)

121 (67.22)

+  34.44

0.48

Anxiety disorder, unspecified

57 (31.15)

126 (68.85)

+  37.77

0.44

Generalized Anxiety disorder

28 (23.33)

92 (76.67)

+  53.34

0.005

Post-traumatic stress disorder

8 (32.00)

17 (68.00)

+  36

0.75

Depression/Depressive disorder/ Major depressive disorder

45 (28.68)

123 (71.32)

+  42.64

0.64

Mood disorder

6 (18.75)

26 (81.25)

+  62.5

0.45

Psychosis/ Schizophrenia

65 (34.88)

126 (65.12)

+  30.24

0.13

Bipolar

12 (25)

36 (75)

+  50

0.21

Phobia

1 (25)

3 (75)

+  50

0.07

Panic Attack

4 (20)

16 (80)

+  60

0.06

Obsessive compulsive disorder

8 (34.78)

15 (65.22)

+  30.44

0.72

  1. 1Data are from King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) in Riyadh and Jeddah, from electronic health records
  2. 2Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for more than 5 frequency per cell