Patients with psychological ICPC codes in primary care; a case-control study investigating the decade before presenting with problems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recognizing patients with psychological problems can be difficult for general practitioners (GPs). Use of information collected in electronic medical records (EMR) could facilitate recognition.

Objectives

To assess relevant EMR parameters in the decade before patients present with psychological problems.

Methods

Exploratory case-control study assessing EMR parameters of 58 228 patients recorded between 2013 and 2015 by 54 GPs. We compared EMR parameters recorded before 2014 of patients who presented with psychological problems in 2014 with those who did not.

Results

In 2014, 2406 patients presented with psychological problems. Logistic regression analyses indicated that having registrations of the following statistically significant parameters increa

SUBMITTER: Gidding LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5774286 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature