Journal article
Emergency department mental health presentations in young children: a retrospective chart review
EM Bourke, DF Say, A Carison, SM O'Donnell, FE Babl
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2024
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16600
Abstract
Aim: To characterise key features of young people presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a mental health complaint when comparing children (aged 7 to 12 years) and teenagers (13 years and greater). Methods: Retrospective review of all ED mental health presentations in children aged 7–17 years presenting over a 12-month period in 2018 to a tertiary children's hospital in Victoria, Australia. Univariate analyses were carried out to examine the relationship between children and teenagers and a number of key presentation variables. Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) were calculated for ED management outcomes. Results: There were 1691 ED mental health presentations in ..
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Awarded by Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
Funding Acknowledgements
The study was in part funded by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC ID: 1171228), Canberra, Australia, and supported by the Victorian Government's Infrastructure Support Program. EMB was supported by a NHMRC postgraduate scholarship. FEB was supported by a NHMRC Investigator Grant (ID: 2017605) and the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Parkville, Australia. Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Melbourne, as part of the Wiley - The University of Melbourne agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.