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Table 2 Pediatric admissions to pediatric ward and comparison of the two study periods

From: The pandemic within the pandemic: the surge of neuropsychological disorders in Italian children during the COVID-19 era

 

PRE

POST

% change

p-value

All pED accesses

2369

2242

-

-

 NPD

599 (25.3%)

833 (37.2%)

 + 47.0%

 < 0.001

  Suicidal ideation

16 (2.67%)

52 (6.24%)

 + 134%

0.182

  Psychosis

176 (29.4%)

217 (26.1%)

-11.3%

0.214

  Neurosis

395 (65.4%)

556 (66.7%)

 + 1.22%

0.764

  ED

87 (14.5%)

159 (19.1%)

 + 31.4%

0.088

  Depression

30 (5.01%)

59 (7.08%)

 + 41.4%

0.439

  Anxiety

61 (10.2%)

40 (4.80%)

-52.9%

0.045

  Alcohol/drug abuse

42 (7.01%)

74 (8.89%)

 + 26.7%

0.485

Abruzzo

 NPD

83 (13.9%)

39 (4.7%)

-66.2%

 < 0.001

  Suicidal ideation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Psychosis

16 (19.3%)

9 (23.1%)

 + 19.7%

0.696

  Neurosis

55 (66.3%)

26 (66.7%)

 + 0.61%

0.967

  ED

11 (13.3%)

2 (5.13%)

-61.3%

0.403

  Depression

1 (1.21%)

1 (2.56%)

 + 112.8%

0.889

  Anxiety

8 (9.64%)

4 (10.3%)

 + 6.41%

0.949

  Alcohol/drug abuse

14 (16.9%)

8 (20.5%)

 + 21.6%

0.707

Basilicata

 NPD

24 (4.0%)

18 (2.2%)

-45.0%

0.491

  Suicidal ideation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Psychosis

10 (41.7%)

12 (66.7%)

 + 60.0%

0.109

  Neurosis

14 (58.3%)

6 (33.3%)

-42.9%

0.109

  ED

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Depression

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Anxiety

12 (50.0%)

2 (11.1%)

-77.8%

0.126

  Alcohol/drug abuse

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

Emilia Romagna

 NPD

5 (0.8%)

30 (3.6%)

 + 83.3%

0.301

  Suicidal ideation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Psychosis

2 (40.0%)

3 (10.0%)

-75.0%

0.214

  Neurosis

3 (60.0%)

27 (90.0%)

 + 50.0%

0.214

  ED

0 (0%)

1 (3.33%)

/

0.890

  Depression

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Anxiety

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Alcohol/drug abuse

1 (20.0%)

18 (60.0%)

 + 200.0%

0.098

Friuli Venezia Giulia

 NPD

85 (14.2%)

87 (10.4%)

-26.8%

0.162

  Suicidal ideation

2 (2.4%)

10 (11.5%)

 + 388.5%

0.231

  Psychosis

26 (30.6%)

16 (18.4%)

-39.9%

0.110

  Neurosis

57 (67.1%)

61 (70.1%)

 + 4.56%

0.689

  ED

5 (5.89%)

10 (11.5%)

 + 95.4%

0.462

  Depression

9 (10.6%)

4 (4.59%)

-56.6%

0.432

  Anxiety

21 (24.7%)

15 (17.2%)

-30.2%

0.328

  Alcohol/drug abuse

5 (5.88%)

8 (9.19%)

 + 56.3%

0.664

Lazio

 NPD

258 (43.1%)

443 (53.2%)

 + 23.4%

 < 0.001

  Suicidal ideation

2 (0.78%)

19 (4.29%)

 + 453.3%

0.369

  Psychosis

87 (33.7%)

124 (27.9%)

-16.9%

0.143

  Neurosis

169 (65.5%)

297 (67.0%)

 + 2.35%

0.694

  ED

56 (21.7%)

111 (25.1%)

 + 15.4%

0.392

  Depression

18 (6.97%)

47 (10.6%)

 + 52.1%

0.354

  Anxiety

8 (3.10%)

10 (2.26%)

-27.2%

0.829

  Alcohol/drug abuse

6 (2.33%)

15 (3.39%)

 + 45.6%

0.785

Liguria

 NPD

46 (7.7%)

80 (9.6%)

 + 24.7%

0.473

  Suicidal ideation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Psychosis

14 (30.4%)

33 (41.3%)

 + 35.5%

0.242

  Neurosis

32 (69.6%)

46 (57.5%)

-17.3%

0.192

  ED

1 (2.17%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Depression

2 (4.35%)

4 (5.00%)

 + 15.0%

0.944

  Anxiety

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Alcohol/drug abuse

9 (19.6%)

21 (26.6%)

 + 34.2%

0.470

Lombardia

 NPD

24 (4.0%)

36 (4.3%)

 + 7.5%

0.906

  Suicidal ideation

6 (25.0%)

11 (30.6%)

 + 22.2%

0.673

  Psychosis

5 (20.8%)

10 (27.8%)

 + 33.3%

0.598

  Neurosis

13 (54.2%)

15 (41.7%)

-23.1%

0.328

  ED

2 (8.33%)

9 (25.0%)

 + 200.0%

0.206

  Depression

0 (0%)

3 (8.33%)

/

0.527

  Anxiety

2 (8.33%)

1 (2.78%)

-66.7%

0.673

  Alcohol/drug abuse

3 (12.5%)

1 (2.78%)

-77.8%

0.461

Marche

 NPD

29 (4.8%)

22 (2.6%)

-45.8%

0.411

  Suicidal ideation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Psychosis

13 (44.8%)

7 (31.8%)

-29.0%

0.357

  Neurosis

16 (55.2%)

15 (68.2%)

 + 23.6%

0.357

  ED

1 (3.45)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Depression

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Anxiety

7 (24.1%)

2 (9.09%)

-62.3%

0.287

  Alcohol/drug abuse

3 (10.3%)

1 (4.54%)

-56.1%

0.682

Umbria

 NPD

45 (7.5%)

78 (9.4%)

 + 25.3%

0.490

  Suicidal ideation

6 (13.3%)

12 (15.4%)

 + 15.8%

0.827

  Psychosis

3 (6.67%)

3 (3.85%)

-42.3%

0.763

  Neurosis

36 (80.0%)

63 (80.8%)

 + 0.36%

0.935

  ED

11 (24.4%)

26 (33.3%)

 + 36.4%

0.342

  Depression

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

1.000

  Anxiety

3 (6.67%)

6 (7.69%)

 + 15.3%

0.913

  Alcohol/drug abuse

1 (2.22%)

2 (2.56%)

 + 15.3%

0.971