Association between ecological factors and emergency care visits: The influence of relative humidity

INTRODUCTION: Psychiatric emergency visits have been associated to several climate variables. However, the influence of relative humidity has been not well stablished. OBJECTIVES: The analyse the influence of relative humidity on emergency care visits. METHODS: Daily urgency visits were extracted from electronic medical records of Hospital Universitario La Paz from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019. Relative humidity data (%) was obtained from a local climate station. A negative binomial multivariate regression model was performed with relative humidity, weekday and month as covariates. RESULTS: Relative humidity was not associated with number of psychiatric emergency department visits (IRR 1.00; 95%CI 0.99-1.00) CONCLUSIONS: Relative humidity did not influence emergency help seeking for patients suffering from suicidal phenomena DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.