Impact of heat on mental health emergency visits: a time series study from all public emergency centres, in Curitiba, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Quantify the risk of mental health (MH)-related emergency department visits (EDVs) due to heat, in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.

Design

Daily time series analysis, using quasi-Poisson combined with distributed lag non-linear model on EDV for MH disorders, from 2017 to 2021.

Setting

All nine emergency centres from the public health system, in Curitiba.

Participants

101 452 EDVs for MH disorders and suicide attempts over 5 years, from patients residing inside the territory of Curitiba.

Main outcome measure

Relative risk of EDV (RR_EDV) due to extreme mean temperature (24.5°C, 99th percentile) relative to the median (18.02°C), controlling for long-term trends, air pollution and humidity, and measuring effects delayed up to 10 days.

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SUBMITTER: Corvetto JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature