Gender differences in psychiatric outpatients: a before and during COVID-19 pandemic study in general hospitals from China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the gender characteristics and the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) impact on psychiatric department outpatients in general hospitals in China.

Methods

We retrospectively collected 225,947 outpatient clinic records before and during COVID-19 pandemic from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020 in the psychiatric clinic of 3 general hospitals, gender composition of patients was analyzed in different five age groups and nine diagnostic categories at three levels: total patient visits, number of patients and number of first-visit patients.

Results

The total male-to-female ratio of psychiatric outpatient records in 3 general hospitals from 2019 to 2020 was 1:1.69. Women were more common in all age groups. Overall, the proportion of women

SUBMITTER: He W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9450837 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature