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Association between ecological factors and emergency care visits: The influence of relative humidity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

D. Hernández-Calle  and
M.F. Bravo-Ortiz
D. Hernández-Calle*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
M.F. Bravo-Ortiz
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Psychiatric emergency visits have been associated to several climate variables. However, the influence of relative humidity has been not well stablished.

Objectives

The analyse the influence of relative humidity on emergency care visits.

Methods

Daily urgency visits were extracted from electronic medical records of Hospital Universitario La Paz from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019. Relative humidity data (%) was obtained from a local climate station. A negative binomial multivariate regression model was performed with relative humidity, weekday and month as covariates.

Results

Relative humidity was not associated with number of psychiatric emergency department visits (IRR 1.00; 95%CI 0.99-1.00)

Conclusions

Relative humidity did not influence emergency help seeking for patients suffering from suicidal phenomena

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Emergency CareEcological factors
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S709
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