Predictors of self-harm emergency department visits in adolescents: A statewide longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated patient- and area-level characteristics associated with adolescent emergency department (ED) patients' risk of subsequent ED visits for self-harm.

Method

Retrospective analysis of adolescent patients presenting to a California ED in 2010 (n = 480,706) was conducted using statewide, all-payer, individually linkable administrative data. We examined associations between multiple predictors of interest (patient sociodemographic factors, prior ED utilization, and residential mobility; and area-level characteristics) and odds of a self-harm ED visit in 2010. Patients with any self-harm in 2010 were followed up over several years to assess predictors of recurrent self-harm.

Results

Self-harm patients (n = 5539) were significantly more likely

SUBMITTER: Goldman-Mellor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353680 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan - Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature