Self-injurious thoughts and behaviours as the reason for contact to Norwegian emergency primary care centres: an observational study.

• Tác giả: Valborg Baste, Anita Hunsager, Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen, Vivian Midtbø, Tone Morken, Fredrik A Walby
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Scandinavian journal of primary health care , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 174230

Tóm tắt

OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare contacts regarding self-injurious thoughts and behaviours to other contacts to emergency primary care. DESIGN: Observational study. SETTING: A sentinel network of seven emergency primary care centres throughout Norway. SUBJECTS: Initial contacts regarding patients 10 years and older during 12 consecutive months (11/2021-10/2022). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Contacts due to self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. RESULTS: Self-injurious thoughts and behaviours were the reason for contact for 0.6% ( CONCLUSION: Self-injurious thoughts and behaviours are rare reasons for contact to emergency primary care but are assessed as more urgent than other contact reasons and trigger more extensive medical help. Many of the patients are known to the service through a history of similar contacts. IMPLICATIONS: The infrequency and severity of these encounters might necessitate training, decision support and procedures to compensate for the health care personnel's limited exposure.