RT Journal Article
T1 Changes in the Care Activity in Addiction Centers with Dual Pathology Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A1 Mancheño Velasco, Cinta
A1 Dacosta Sánchez, Daniel
A1 Blanc Molina, Andrea
A1 Narváez Camargo, Marta
A1 Lozano Rojas, Óscar Martín
AB Background: Health care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement hasled to significant changes in the activity of addiction centers. These changes in healthcare activitymay have had a greater impact on patients with dual pathology. The aim of this study is to comparethe treatment indicators of patients with dual pathology in addiction centers during the preconfinement, confinement, and post-confinement periods. Methods: A retrospective observationalstudy was conducted for the period between 1 February 2019 and 30 June 2021. A total of 2785patients treated in specialized addiction services were divided into three periods according to theirtime of admission: pre-confinement, confinement, and post-confinement. Results: During the prepandemic period, the addiction centers attended to an average of 121.3 (SD = 23.58) patients,decreasing to 53 patients during confinement (SD = 19.47), and 80.69 during the post-confinementperiod (SD = 15.33). The number of appointments scheduled monthly for each patient decreasedduring the confinement period, although this number increased after confinement. There was areduction in the number of toxicological tests carried out both during and after confinement (exceptfor alcohol). Conclusions: The results show a reduction in the number of patients seen and the careactivity delivered to dual diagnosis patients. These results, which were caused by the COVIDpreventive measures, may affect the progress and recovery of dual patients. A greater investmentis needed to bring the care activity up to the standards of the years prior to confinement
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21133
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21133
LA eng
NO Mancheño-Velasco, C., Dacosta-Sánchez, D., Blanc-Molina, A., Narvaez-Camargo, M., & Lozano-Rojas, Ó. M. (2022). Changes in the Care Activity in Addiction Centers with Dual Pathology Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Journal of Clinical Medicine (Vol. 11, Issue 15, p. 4341). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11154341
NO This work was supported by the grant “COMPARA: Psychiatric Comorbidity inAddictions and Outcomes in Andalusia. Modelización a través de Big Data”, project P20-00735 ofthe Andalusian Research, Development, and Innovation Plan, provided by Fondo Europeo deDesarrollo Regional (EU) and Junta de Andalucía (Spain).This study has been carried out thanks to the transfer of data by the Departmentof Equality, Social Policies, and Conciliation of the Junta de Andalucía
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026