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Alvarez, D., Gamarra, P. (2021). Relación entre variables climáticas y número de atenciones por trastorno mental en hospitales de la costa del Perú, desde 2002 hasta el 2018 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/658509
Alvarez, D., Gamarra, P. Relación entre variables climáticas y número de atenciones por trastorno mental en hospitales de la costa del Perú, desde 2002 hasta el 2018 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/658509
@misc{renati/398058,
title = "Relación entre variables climáticas y número de atenciones por trastorno mental en hospitales de la costa del Perú, desde 2002 hasta el 2018",
author = "Gamarra Flores, Pamela Rosangela",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2021"
}
Introduction: In recent years, significant climate variation has been reported can have an impact on mental health. This variation generates different climatic events that require increasing stress in patients with mental disorders and trigger it in people who are not yet sick. Objective: The aim of the study was to describe and relate the maximum and minimum temperature, average relative humidity and maximum precipitation with the number of attentions for mental disorders in outpatient care in the health networks of the coastal regions from 2002 to 2018 in Peru. Methods: An exploratory ecological study was conducted, where the unit of analysis was health network - month. The number of outpatient visits and meteorological variables were reported by medians and interquartile ranges. For bivariate and multivariate analysis, Spearman coefficient and Poisson regression were used, respectively. Results: The proportion of the number of attentions by categories F00-F09, F10-F19, F30-F39 and F40-48 increased at a higher maximum temperature and maximum precipitation. The categories F20-29, F30-39, F40-48 and F60-F69 showed an increase in their attentions when humidity increased. Conclusion: A relationship was found between a higher maximum temperature, humidity and maximum precipitation, and an increase in the proportion of the number of attentions for mental disorder in outpatient care. Research assessing the effect of climate variations on mental disorders is needed to implement health strategies that will address the burden of disease.
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