Risk of admission to hospital for self-harm after admission to hospital for COVID-19: French nationwide longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing the risk of subsequent self-harm after hospitalisation for COVID-19 is critical for mental health care planning during and after the pandemic.

Aims

This study aims to compare the risk of admission to hospital for self-harm within 12 months following a COVID-19 hospitalisation during the first half of 2020, with the risk following hospitalisations for other reasons.

Method

Using the French administrative healthcare database, logistic regression models were employed to analyse data from patients admitted to hospitals in metropolitan France between January and June 2020. The analysis included adjustments for sociodemographic factors, psychiatric history and the level of care received during the initial hospital stay.

Results

Of the 96 313 pati

SUBMITTER: Pirard P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698173 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature