Temperature and mental health-related emergency department and hospital encounters among children, adolescents and young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We examine the association between high ambient temperature and acute mental health-related healthcare encounters in New York City for children, adolescents and young adults.

Methods

This case-crossover study included emergency department (ED) visits and hospital encounters with a primary diagnosis of any mental health disorder during warm-season months (June-August) in New York City from 2005 to 2011 from patients of three age groups (6-11, 12-17 and 18-25 years). Using a distributed lag non-linear model over 0-5 lag days, by fitting a conditional logistic regression for each age group, we calculated the cumulative odds ratios of mental health encounters associated with an elevated temperature. Analyses were stratified by race/ethnicity, payment source and mental healt

SUBMITTER: Niu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130844 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature