Effects of Full-Moon Definition on Psychiatric Emergency Department Presentations

Table 3

Frequencies and percentages for psychiatric ED presentations for the 3-day model.

Characteristic	3-day full-moon period (𝑛=1016)			All other times (𝑛=8951)
	n	M (SD)	Percent	n	M (SD)	Percent
Age		35.72 (18.79)			36.10 (19.00)
Gender
Male	540		53.1	4846		54.1
Female	476		46.9	4104		45.9
Marital status
Married	148		14.8	1320		15.0
Single	603		60.2	5448		61.8
Divorced	61		6.1	565		6.4
Separated	54		5.4	465		5.3
Widowed	46		4.6	320		3.6
Common-law	89		8.9	700		7.9
Primary diagnosis
Dementia, delirium, and cognitive disorders	20		2.0	184		2.1
Substance-related disorders	407		40.1	3516		39.3
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders	70		6.9	504		5.6
Mood disorders	95		9.4	883		9.9
Adjustment disorders	77		7.6	713		8.0
Anxiety disorders	248		24.4	2245		25.1
Somatoform and dissociative disorders	21		2.1	212		2.4
Eating disorders	5		0.5	38		0.4
Personality disorders	13		1.3	105		1.2
Childhood disorders	29		2.9	269		3.0
Others	31		3.1	282		3.2
Arrival mode
Ground ambulance	340		33.5	3106		34.7
Others	3		0.3	26		0.3
Police	72		7.1	583		6.5
Walk-in	598		58.9	5219		58.3
Triage code
Emergent	98		9.6	866		9.7
Less urgent	308		30.3	2774		31
Nonurgent	46		4.5	404		4.5
Resuscitation	4		0.4	30		0.3
Unavailable	0		0.0	1		0.0
Urgent	560		55.1	4876		54.5