The specialist health service for geriatric psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Older patients with mental disorders are particularly likely to be affected by negative consequences of the infection control measures that have been implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: A questionnaire survey was sent to 18 departments of geriatric psychiatry from all four health regions in Norway.
RESULTS: Altogether 83 therapists from various occupational groups responded, with representatives from all the health regions. Almost one-half (45.8 %) reported an exacerbation of patients' mental condition to a large or very large degree due to social isolation, and an equal proportion (48.2 %) reported that normal follow-up was limited. The contact between the specialist and primary health services was reduced, and 15.6 % reported that patients had failed to receive the necessary somatic medical assistance to a large or very large degree.
INTERPRETATION: The service for older patients with mental disorders in the specialist health service was reduced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while coordination with the primary health service was also curtailed, and many patients deteriorated mentally as a result of the infection control measures. Collaboration between the specialist and primary health services may be an important focus area for this patient group.
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2021 |
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:141 |
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Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 141(2021), 9 vom: 08. Juni |
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Norwegisch |
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Alderspsykiatriske helsetjenester under covid-19-pandemien |
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Tveito, Marit [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 14.06.2021 Date Revised 06.07.2021 published: Electronic-Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.4045/tidsskr.20.1029 |
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| 520 | |a RESULTS: Altogether 83 therapists from various occupational groups responded, with representatives from all the health regions. Almost one-half (45.8 %) reported an exacerbation of patients' mental condition to a large or very large degree due to social isolation, and an equal proportion (48.2 %) reported that normal follow-up was limited. The contact between the specialist and primary health services was reduced, and 15.6 % reported that patients had failed to receive the necessary somatic medical assistance to a large or very large degree | ||
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