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Objetivo: Comparar la atención prestada por los servicios de urgencias de atención primaria durante el confinamiento por la COVID-19 (marzo-junio de 2020) y el mismo periodo de 2019. Diseño: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Emplazamiento: Zona básica de salud de la ciudad de Granada.Participantes: Diez mil setecientos noventa registros de urgencias, 3.319 en 2020 y 7.471 en 2019. Mediciones principales: Edad, sexo, servicio, franjas horarias, derivación al alta, niveles de prioridad, tiempos de espera, procesos previos y motivos de consulta. Se emplearon la «t» de Student y Chi-cuadrado para variables continuas y categóricas. Se calcularon el tamaño del efecto (d de Cohen) y OR junto con el IC al 95%. Resultados: Las urgencias disminuyeron en 2020 con respecto a 2019, aumentó el porcentaje de las urgencias prioridad v (p<0,01), derivaciones al alta al domicilio (p=0,01) y traslados al hospital (p<0,01), en detrimento de las derivaciones a los médicos de familia (p<0,01). Aumentaron en 2020 las urgencias en horario nocturno (p<0,01) y en barrios de renta baja (p<0,01). El tiempo de espera para clasificación disminuyó (p<0,01), pero el total de asistencia aumentó en 2020 (p<0,01). Los pacientes atendidos en 2020 fueron de mayor edad (p<0,01) y con un mayor número de procesos previos (p<0,01), destacando los pacientes con ansiedad, depresión o somatizaciones (p<0,01) y diabetes (p=0,041). Aumentaron las consultas relacionadas con diversos síntomas de la COVID-19, problemas de salud mental y enfermedades crónicas. Conclusiones: Los servicios de urgencias de atención primaria ofrecen ventajas adicionales ante situaciones como la pandemia de la COVID-19, dado que permiten canalizar parte de la demanda sanitaria.(AU)
Objective: To compare the care provided by primary care emergency services during the COVID19 lockdown (March-June 2020) and the same period in 2019. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Basic Health Area of Granada. Population: 10.790 emergency reports, 3.319 in 2020 and 7.471 in 2019. Outcomes: Age, sex, service, shifts, referrals, priority levels, care times, previous processes, and reasons for consultation. T-Student and Chi Square were used for continuous and categorical variables. Effect size (Cohen's d) and OR along with 95% CI were calculated. Results: The patients attended by primary care emergency services decreased in 2020 compared to 2019, but the percentage of Priority V cases (p<0.01), home discharges (p=0.01) and hospital transfers (p<0.01) increased, and referrals to family doctors (p<0.01) decreased. In 2020, the percentage of emergencies at night (p<0.01) and in low-income neighborhoods (p<0.01) increased. Waiting time for classification decreased (p<0.01), but total care time increased in 2020 (p<0.01). The patients seen in 2020 were older (p<.001), and with a greater number of previous processes (p<0.01), highlighting patients with anxiety, depression, or somatization (p<0.01) and diabetes (p=0.041). Consultations related to various symptoms of COVID19, mental health problems and chronic pathologies increased. Conclusions: Primary care emergency services offer additional advantages in situations such as the COVID19 pandemic, as they allow channeling part of the health demand.(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Young Adult , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Emergency Medical Services , Primary Health Care , Pandemics , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Triage , Quality of Health Care , Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Retrospective Studies , SpainABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To compare the care provided by primary care emergency services during the COVID19 lockdown (March-June 2020) and the same period in 2019. DESIGN: Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING: Basic Health Area of Granada. POPULATION: 10.790 emergency reports, 3.319 in 2020 and 7.471 in 2019. OUTCOMES: Age, sex, service, shifts, referrals, priority levels, care times, previous processes, and reasons for consultation. T-Student and Chi Square were used for continuous and categorical variables. Effect size (Cohen's d) and OR along with 95% CI were calculated. RESULTS: The patients attended by primary care emergency services decreased in 2020 compared to 2019, but the percentage of Priority V cases (p<0.01), home discharges (p=0.01) and hospital transfers (p<0.01) increased, and referrals to family doctors (p<0.01) decreased. In 2020, the percentage of emergencies at night (p<0.01) and in low-income neighborhoods (p<0.01) increased. Waiting time for classification decreased (p<0.01), but total care time increased in 2020 (p<0.01). The patients seen in 2020 were older (p<.001), and with a greater number of previous processes (p<0.01), highlighting patients with anxiety, depression, or somatization (p<0.01) and diabetes (p=0.041). Consultations related to various symptoms of COVID19, mental health problems and chronic pathologies increased. CONCLUSIONS: Primary care emergency services offer additional advantages in situations such as the COVID19 pandemic, as they allow channeling part of the health demand.
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COVID-19 , Humans , COVID-19/epidemiology , Pandemics , Retrospective Studies , Communicable Disease Control , Primary Health Care , Emergency Service, HospitalABSTRACT
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Lack of job opportunities force professional nurses in our country, causing a mass exodus abroad. The majority are young people who have not yet left the family group and this is a form of power independent. Many nurses who have gone to work in another country and then are back, this experience is usually valued by them as positive, but this story tries to give a different view of what a future away from your family, and psychological links social. When studying the race, do not prepare them to cope with the many difficulties this presents them and different obstacles to be overcome on the way. Through the story of Laura we see the motivations, challenges and experiences that led him to result in a psychotic disorder which is still causing consecuences