Time series of hospitalizations of adolescents due to mental and behavioral disorders

• Autor(a) principal: Bertelli,Ellen Vanuza Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Oliveira,Rosana Rosseto de, Santos,Marcia Lorena Alves dos, Souza,Eniuce Menezes, Fernandes,Carlos Alexandre Molena, Higarashi,Ieda Harumi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000601662
• topic: Adolescent, Hospitalized; Mental disorders; Epidemiology; Health Policy; Mental Health

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the trend of hospitalizations of adolescents due to mental and behavioral disorders in Paraná, from 1998 to 2015. Method: ecological study of time series. Data were analyzed by means of segmented linear regression modeling for time series, estimated for each of the four health macro-regions. Results: the East macro-region showed a greater trend to increase hospitalizations from January 1998 to November 2003 (β1=0.006, p<0.001). In other macro-regions, there were similar trends with a sudden increase in February 2010, but with a further gradual decrease until December 2015. In the quadrennium 2012-2015, 38.06% of the hospitalizations lasted 29 or more days, and in the Northwest macro-region, hospitalizations lasted for up to seven days. The main cause of hospitalization was the use of alcohol and other drugs. Conclusion: there is a need to strengthen health actions to prevent drug use and improvements in the care network.