Background: Psychiatric urgencies are manifestations of acute and potentially life-threatening disturbances of behavior, thought, or mood. Social changes and the progressive increase in care needs related to mental health have led urgent psychiatric care to involve numerous professionals, healthcare facilities, and other services, as patients with mental disorders represent an extremely heterogeneous population. During an urgent situation, it is important to take into account the context, risk assessment whenever possible, and the legal regulations governing the interventions to be implemented, in order to preserve the patient’s dignity and integrity as much as possible. Aim of the study: This heterogeneity prompted the search for patterns and for the characteristics most strongly associated with admission to the Psychiatric Diagnosis and Care Service (SPDC). In particular, the study began with an epidemiological analysis aimed at providing a basis for describing the population presenting in an emergency setting and requiring immediate psychiatric assessment. Subsequently, factors potentially associated with hospital admission were investigated. Materials and methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on urgent psychiatric consultations carried out at the Psychiatric Diagnosis and Care Service of Treviso between 1 September and 31 December 2025. The data were subsequently analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. For each consultation, socio-demographic and clinical variables were considered. Reasons for access and outcomes could be multiple and were grouped into homogeneous clinical categories. Absolute and relative frequencies of the main variables were analyzed, and associations between patient characteristics and admission outcome were assessed. Results: Between September and December, 443 consultations were analyzed, with a mean of 3.63 consultations per day. In multivariate logistic regression, admission was significantly associated with suicide attempt (OR = 16.36; p < 0.001) and the presence of multiple reasons for access (OR = 4.24; p < 0.001). Conversely, agitation (OR = 0.12; p < 0.001) and substance use (OR = 0.36; p = 0.005) were less associated with admission. The other variables considered did not show statistically significant associations. Conclusions: The results show a considerable urgent-care workload for the SPDC. Admission was significantly associated with suicide attempt and with the presence of multiple reasons for access, confirming similar findings reported in the literature. Agitation and substance use, on the other hand, were unexpectedly and significantly inversely associated with admission. The main hypothesis proposed to explain this finding is the rapid stabilization of both clinical pictures, which may therefore require careful monitoring until symptom resolution rather than hospital admission.
Presupposti dello studio: le urgenze psichiatriche sono manifestazioni di disturbi acuti e potenzialmente letali del comportamento, del pensiero o dell'umore. I cambiamenti sociali e il progressivo incremento dei bisogni assistenziali legati alla salute mentale hanno fatto in modo che le cure urgenti in ambito psichiatrico coinvolgessero numerosi professionisti, strutture sanitarie e non solo, poiché i pazienti affetti da disturbi mentali rappresentano una popolazione estremamente eterogenea. Durante l’urgenza è importante tener presente del contesto, il calcolo del rischio ove possibile e le normative che regolano gli interventi da attuare per rispettare al massimo la dignità e l’integrità del paziente. Scopo dello studio: proprio questa eterogeneità ha spinto a ricercare dei pattern e quali caratteristiche si configurassero come maggiormente associate al ricovero nel Servizio Psichiatrico Diagnosi e Cura (SPDC). In particolare si è voluto partire da un’analisi epidemiologica che potesse dare una base per descrivere la popolazione che afferisce in urgenza e che necessita di un consulto psichiatrico immediato. Dopodiché si sono ricercati dei fattori che potessero essere associati al ricovero. Materiali e metodi: è stato condotto uno studio osservazionale retrospettivo sulle consulenze psichiatriche urgenti effettuate presso il Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura di Treviso nel periodo compreso tra il 1° settembre e il 31 dicembre 2025. I dati sono stati successivamente analizzati mediante statistiche descrittive e inferenziali. Per ciascuna consulenza sono state considerate variabili socio-demografiche e cliniche. I motivi di accesso e gli esiti potevano essere multipli e sono stati raggruppati in categorie cliniche omogenee. Sono state analizzate le frequenze assolute e relative delle principali variabili e valutate le associazioni tra caratteristiche dei pazienti ed esito in ricovero. Risultati: nel periodo settembre-dicembre sono state analizzate 443 consulenze, con una media di 3,63 consulenze/die. Alla regressione logistica multivariata, il ricovero è risultato significativamente associato al tentativo di suicidio (OR = 16,36; p < 0,001) e alla presenza di più motivi d’accesso (OR = 4,24; p < 0,001). Al contrario, agitazione (OR = 0,12; p < 0,001) e uso di sostanze (OR = 0,36; p = 0,005) sono risultati inversamente associati al ricovero. Le altre variabili considerate non hanno mostrato associazioni statisticamente significative. Conclusioni: i risultati mostrano una considerevole attività in urgenza da parte del SPDC. Il ricovero viene associato significativamente con il tentativo di suicidio e con la presenza di più motivi d’accesso, confermando altri risultati simili presenti in letteratura. L’agitazione e l’uso di sostanze invece, sorprendentemente, sono fattori inversamente associati al ricovero in modo significativo. L’ipotesi principale che cerca di spiegare questo fenomeno è la rapida stabilizzazione di entrambi i quadri clinici per i quali quindi non si necessita del ricovero ma solo di un attento monitoraggio in attesa della risoluzione dei sintomi.
Le urgenze psichiatriche nel territorio trevigiano: analisi delle consulenze in SPDC e identificazione dei fattori associati al ricovero
BERGAMIN, TOMMASO
2025/2026
Abstract
Background: Psychiatric urgencies are manifestations of acute and potentially life-threatening disturbances of behavior, thought, or mood. Social changes and the progressive increase in care needs related to mental health have led urgent psychiatric care to involve numerous professionals, healthcare facilities, and other services, as patients with mental disorders represent an extremely heterogeneous population. During an urgent situation, it is important to take into account the context, risk assessment whenever possible, and the legal regulations governing the interventions to be implemented, in order to preserve the patient’s dignity and integrity as much as possible. Aim of the study: This heterogeneity prompted the search for patterns and for the characteristics most strongly associated with admission to the Psychiatric Diagnosis and Care Service (SPDC). In particular, the study began with an epidemiological analysis aimed at providing a basis for describing the population presenting in an emergency setting and requiring immediate psychiatric assessment. Subsequently, factors potentially associated with hospital admission were investigated. Materials and methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on urgent psychiatric consultations carried out at the Psychiatric Diagnosis and Care Service of Treviso between 1 September and 31 December 2025. The data were subsequently analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. For each consultation, socio-demographic and clinical variables were considered. Reasons for access and outcomes could be multiple and were grouped into homogeneous clinical categories. Absolute and relative frequencies of the main variables were analyzed, and associations between patient characteristics and admission outcome were assessed. Results: Between September and December, 443 consultations were analyzed, with a mean of 3.63 consultations per day. In multivariate logistic regression, admission was significantly associated with suicide attempt (OR = 16.36; p < 0.001) and the presence of multiple reasons for access (OR = 4.24; p < 0.001). Conversely, agitation (OR = 0.12; p < 0.001) and substance use (OR = 0.36; p = 0.005) were less associated with admission. The other variables considered did not show statistically significant associations. Conclusions: The results show a considerable urgent-care workload for the SPDC. Admission was significantly associated with suicide attempt and with the presence of multiple reasons for access, confirming similar findings reported in the literature. Agitation and substance use, on the other hand, were unexpectedly and significantly inversely associated with admission. The main hypothesis proposed to explain this finding is the rapid stabilization of both clinical pictures, which may therefore require careful monitoring until symptom resolution rather than hospital admission.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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