Adolescent psychiatric outpatient care rapidly switched to remote visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19-pandemic and especially the physical distancing measures drastically changed the conditions for providing outpatient care in adolescent psychiatry.

Methods

We investigated the outpatient services of adolescent psychiatry in the Helsinki University Hospital (HUH) from 1/1/2015 until 12/31/2020. We retrieved data from the in-house data software on the number of visits in total and categorized as in-person or remote visits, and analysed the data on a weekly basis. We further analysed these variables grouped according to the psychiatric diagnoses coded for visits. Data on the number of patients and on referrals from other health care providers were available on a monthly basis. We investigated the data descriptively and with a time-series analysis compari

SUBMITTER: Savilahti EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605888 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature