Barcelona, España
Objectives: To analyse the frequent attendance profile to both an emergency unit and through appointment, comparing age, gender, reason and urgency of the illness.
Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study.
Data were obtained by means of a phone survey and the Catalan electronic record so-called ECAP. This study was carried out in 2008-2009 in an emergency unit service of a semi-urban Health Centre.
Statistical analysis: Comparison of proportions (khi-square). Student’s t, ANOVA and their non-parametric equivalent (Kolmogorov-Smirnof) tests were used to compare quantitative with qualitative variables.
Patients and methods: Patients located in the 97th percentile of number of visits were considered as frequent attenders (268 frequent attenders to emergency units and 369 attenders through appointment, taken randomly. The reason for consultation to the emergency unit, the urgency of the illness, job, level of education, marital status, and nationality were registered.
Results: Statistically significant differences were found (p<0.05) between frequent attenders to emergency units and those who attended through appointments in terms of age (44.3 years [42.0-46.7 years] and 59.8 years [58,0-61.7 years], respectively), urgency of illness (not urgent: 34,7% [29,0- 40.4%] and 59.3% [54.3–64.4%], respectively; mediate urgency: 35.1% [29.4-40.8%] and 29.5% [29.4-34,2%], respectively, and very urgent:
4.1% [2.1-7.2%] and 5.1% [3.1-7.9%], respectively); reason for consultation (respiratory cause 39% [33.3-45,0%] and 9.8% [6.9-13.3%], respectively.
Conclusions: Frequent attendance profile to emergency unit differentiates from those who attend through appointment for being a young man who consults for a respiratory condition and considered more urgent.
Objectius: Analitzar el perfil del pacient hiperfreqüentador (HF) d’Atenció Continuada (AC). Comparar edat, gènere, motiu de consulta i urgència de la patologia de HF d’AC i HF de cita prèvia (CP).
Disseny: Estudi descriptiu, transversal.
Obtenció de dades amb enquesta telefònica i Estació Clínica d’Atenció Primària (ECAP). Realitzat l’any 2008-2009, en un servei d’AC d’una ABS semiurbana.
Anàlisi estadística: comparació de proporcions (khi-quadrat). Per comparar variables qualitatives amb quantitatives s’utilitzen les proves del t-Test o ANOVA o els seus equivalents no paramètrics (Kolmogorov-Smirnof).
Pacients i mètodes: Els pacients en el percentil 97 de nombre de visites es consideraren HF (n final =268, n=369 HF de CP (mostra obtinguda mitjançant números aleatoris)). Es va registrar el motiu de consulta a AC, la urgència de la patologia, el motiu pel qual acudia a AC, professió, nivell d’estudis, estat civil, convivència i nacionalitat.
Resultats: Es van trobar diferències estadísticament significatives (p<0,05) entre HF d’AC i HF de CP l’edat (44,3 (42,0- 46,7) HF d’AC vs 59,8 (58,0-61,7) HF de CP)), urgència de la patologia (NO URGENT:
34,7% (29,0-40,4) HF d’AC vs 59,3% (54,3- 64,4) HF de CP; URGENT MEDIATA: 35,1% (29,4-40,8) HF d’AC vs 29,5% (29,4-34,2) HF de CP; URGENT IMMEDIATA: 4,1% (2,1-7,2) HF d’AC vs 5,1% (3,1-7,9) HF de CP), motiu de consulta ( respiratori 39,2% (33,3-45,0) HF d’AC vs 9,8% (6,9-13,3) HF de CP).
Conclusions: El pacient HF d’AC és un home jove, consulta per motiu respiratori, més urgent que els HF de CP.
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