Table 1 Characteristics of the sample of 25 + year-old patients admitted to psychiatric wards during the pre- and the COVID-19 period. Y, year; IQR, interquartile range; d, days

Age, y, median (IQR)

43 (28–56.5)

45 (28–59)

0.026^a

Sex, female, n (%)

862 (46.7)

630 (49.3)

0.157^b

Compulsory admissions, n (%)

494 (26.8)

425 (33.3)

 < 0.001^b

Duration of admission, d, median

15

16

 < 0.001^a

Previous admissions, n (%)

905 (49,1)

674 (52.7)

0.043^b

Time period from last admission, d, median

261

315

0.181^a

Psychiatric admissions in the following 120 days, n (%)

299 (16.2)

218 (17.1)

0.529^b

Psychiatric admissions in the following 120 days, d, median

29

25

0.056^a