Table 1 Pediatric admissions to EDs in the pre COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods
pre COVID-19 | COVID-19 | % change | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All regions | ||||
Total cases | 351,559 | 181,759 | - | - |
NPD | 2369 (0.67%) | 2242 (1.23%) | + 83.1% | < 0.001 |
Suicidal ideation | 18 (0.76%) | 42 (1.87%) | + 147% | 0.449 |
Psychosis | 338 (14.3%) | 375 (16.7%) | + 17.2% | 0.054 |
Neurosis | 2132 (89.9%) | 1954 (87.2%) | -3.16% | 0.095 |
ED | 212 (8.9%) | 358 (15.9%) | + 78.4% | < 0.001 |
Depression | 51 (2.15%) | 104 (4.64%) | + 115% | 0.092 |
Anxiety | 705 (29.8%) | 548 (24.4%) | -17.9% | < 0.001 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 191 (8.06%) | 158 (7.05%) | -12.6% | 0.491 |
Abruzzo | ||||
Total cases | 34,630 | 13,904 | - | - |
NPD | 254 (0.73%) | 142 (1.02%) | + 40% | 0.566 |
Suicidal ideation | 2 (7.9%) | 0 (0%) | / | 0.881 |
Psychosis | 42 (16.5%) | 17 (11.9%) | -27.6% | 0.383 |
Neurosis | 210 (82.7%) | 124 (87.3%) | + 5.62% | 0.375 |
ED | 0 (0%) | 6 (4.23%) | / | 0.419 |
Depression | 1 (3.94%) | 0 (0%) | / | 0.940 |
Anxiety | 112 (44.1%) | 60 (42.3%) | -4.18% | 0.725 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 43 (16.9%) | 21 (14.8%) | -12.6% | 0.409 |
Basilicata | ||||
Total cases | 4250 | 2073 | - | - |
NPD | 29 (0.68%) | 16 (0.77%) | + 13.1% | 0.947 |
Suicidal ideation | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Psychosis | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Neurosis | 21 (72.4%) | 12 (75.0%) | + 3.57% | 0.966 |
ED | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Depression | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Anxiety | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Emilia Romagna | ||||
Total cases | 57,495 | 25,219 | - | - |
NPD | 113 (0.20%) | 106 (0.42%) | + 110% | 0.554 |
Suicidal ideation | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Psychosis | 24 (21.2%) | 21 (19.8%) | -6.72% | 0.833 |
Neurosis | 89 (78.8%) | 85 (80.2%) | + 1.81% | 0.833 |
ED | 1 (0.9%) | 2 (1.9%) | + 113.2% | 0.882 |
Depression | 5 (4.42%) | 5 (4.72%) | + 6.60% | 0.966 |
Anxiety | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.94%) | / | 0.889 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 7 (6.19%) | 22 (20.8%) | + 235.0% | 0.031 |
Friuli Venezia Giulia | ||||
Total cases | 64,485 | 25,101 | - | - |
NPD | 557 (0.86%) | 366 (1.46%) | + 68.8% | 0.110 |
Suicidal ideation | 6 (1.08%) | 12 (3.28%) | + 204.8% | 0.513 |
Psychosis | 24 (4.31%) | 19 (5.19%) | + 20.5% | 0.793 |
Neurosis | 527 (94.6%) | 335 (91.5%) | -3.26% | 0.359 |
ED | 20 (3.59%) | 21 (5.74%) | + 59.8% | 0.523 |
Depression | 4 (0.72%) | 1 (0.27%) | -61.9% | 0.895 |
Anxiety | 302 (54.2%) | 193 (52.7%) | -2.74% | 0.659 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 72 (12.9%) | 38 (10.4%) | -19.7% | 0.449 |
Lazio | ||||
Total cases | 57,980 | 39,673 | ||
NPD | 926 (1.6%) | 1312 (3.31%) | + 107.1% | < 0.001 |
Suicidal ideation | 2 (0.22%) | 19 (1.45%) | + 570.5% | 0.566 |
Psychosis | 196 (21.2%) | 265 (20.2%) | -4.57% | 0.652 |
Neurosis | 728 (78.6%) | 1025 (78.1%) | -0.63% | 0.818 |
ED | 177 (19.1%) | 301 (22.9%) | + 20.0% | 0.745 |
Depression | 38 (4.10%) | 88 (6.71%) | + 63.4% | 0.225 |
Anxiety | 180 (19.4%) | 211 (16.1%) | -17.3% | 0.118 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 23 (2.48%) | 24 (1.83%) | -26.4% | 0.760 |
Liguria | ||||
Total cases | 37,237 | 20,042 | - | - |
NPD | 96 (0.26%) | 54 (0.27%) | + 4.51% | 0.979 |
Suicidal ideation | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Psychosis | 14 (14.6%) | 10 (18.5%) | + 26.9% | 0.645 |
Neurosis | 81 (84.4%) | 42 (77.8%) | -7.82% | 0.438 |
ED | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Depression | 3 (3.13%) | 6 (11.1%) | + 255.6% | 0.348 |
Anxiety | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 7 (7.29%) | 6 (11.1%) | + 52.4% | 0.653 |
Lombardia | ||||
Total cases | 38,778 | 21,022 | - | - |
NPD | 128 (0.33%) | 140 (0.66%) | + 100% | 0.433 |
Suicidal ideation | 7 (5.47%) | 11 (7.86%) | + 43.7% | 0.697 |
Psychosis | 11 (8.59%) | 23 (16.4%) | + 91.2% | 0.200 |
Neurosis | 110 (85.9%) | 106 (75.7%) | -11.9% | 0.945 |
ED | 8 (6.25%) | 24 (17.1%) | + 174.3% | 0.748 |
Depression | 0 (0%) | 4 (2.86%) | / | 0.640 |
Anxiety | 42 (32.8%) | 30 (21.4%) | -34.7% | 0.063 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 11 (8.59%) | 17 (12.1%) | + 41.3% | 0.562 |
Marche | ||||
Total cases | 87,522 | 51,567 | - | - |
NPD | 376 (0.43%) | 231 (0.45%) | + 4.27% | 0.947 |
Suicidal ideation | 1 (0.27%) | 0 (0%) | / | 0.949 |
Psychosis | 26 (6.92%) | 18 (7.79%) | + 12.7% | 0.834 |
Neurosis | 349 (92.8%) | 213 (92.2%) | -0.66% | 0.884 |
ED | 6 (1.59%) | 4 (1.73%) | + 8.51% | 0.974 |
Depression | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Anxiety | 56 (14.9%) | 42 (18.2%) | + 22.1% | 0.432 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 28 (7.45%) | 30 (12.9%) | + 74.4% | 0.185 |
Umbria | ||||
Total cases | 7960 | 4180 | - | - |
NPD | 18 (0.23%) | 15 (0.36%) | + 56.5% | 0.889 |
Suicidal ideation | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Psychosis | 1 (5.56%) | 2 (13.3%) | + 140.0% | 0.656 |
Neurosis | 17 (94.4%) | 12 (80.0%) | -15.3% | 0.409 |
ED | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Depression | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |
Anxiety | 13 (72.2%) | 11 (73.3%) | + 1.53% | 0.949 |
Alcohol/drug abuse | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | / | 1.000 |