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Temperature and mental health-related emergency department and hospital encounters among children, adolescents and young adults
Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, v 32, pe22
01 Jan 2023
PMID: 37066768
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Abstract
We examine the association between high ambient temperature and acute mental health-related healthcare encounters in New York City for children, adolescents and young adults.
This case-crossover study included emergency department (ED) visits and hospital encounters with a primary diagnosis of any mental health disorder during warm-season months (June-August) in New York City from 2005 to 2011 from patients of three age groups (6-11, 12-17 and 18-25 years). Using a distributed lag non-linear model over 0-5 lag days, by fitting a conditional logistic regression for each age group, we calculated the cumulative odds ratios of mental health encounters associated with an elevated temperature. Analyses were stratified by race/ethnicity, payment source and mental health categories to elucidate vulnerable subpopulations.
In New York City, there were 82,982 mental health-related encounters for young people aged 6 to 25 years during our study period months. Elevated temperature days were associated with higher risk of mental health-related ED and hospital encounters for the 6- to 11-year-olds (odds ratio [OR]: 1.28, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13-1.46), for the 12- to 17-year-olds (OR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.09-1.25) and for the 18- to 25-year-olds (OR: 1.09, 95% CI: 1.04-1.15). Children with reaction disorders, adolescents with anxiety and bipolar disorders, young adults with psychosis and reaction disorders and Black and non-Hispanic children and adolescents showed vulnerability to elevated temperature.
We found that elevated ambient temperatures were associated with acute mental health ED or hospital encounters across childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.
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- Title
- Temperature and mental health-related emergency department and hospital encounters among children, adolescents and young adults
- Creators
- Li Niu - Beijing Normal UniversityBlean Girma - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiBian Liu - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiLeah H Schinasi - Drexel UniversityJane E Clougherty - Drexel UniversityPerry Sheffield - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Publication Details
- Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, v 32, pe22
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Grant note
- R01ES030717 / NIEHS NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000973433600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85152625648
- Other Identifier
- 991020418418504721
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