How Norwegian casualty clinics handle contacts related to mental illness: A prospective observational study

Table 3 The most common interventions in GP registered contacts related to substance misuse or mental illness

	Total n = 853		Substance abuse n = 292		Mental illness n = 361		Mental illness/ substance abuse n = 200
Intervention	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Laboratory tests	198	23.2	86	29.5	78	21.6	34	17.0	<0.01
Consulted others regarding treatment	143	16.7	32	11.0	70	19.3	41	20.5	<0.01
Given medication	128	15.0	35	12.0	63	17.5	30	15.0	0.15
Prescriptions	113	13.2	23	7.9	64	17.7	26	13.0	0.001
Minor surgical treatment	77	9.0	51	17.5	15	4.2	11	5.5	<0.001
Observation in casualty clinic	55	6.4	22	7.5	17	4.7	16	8.0	0.20
Sick leave	19	2.2	5	1.7	11	3.0	3	1.5	0.38

The most common interventions in GP-contacts related to substance misuse or mental illness at the casualty clinics (n = 853). Only interventions beyond dialogue between the patient and the GP are included. Percentage denotes percentage of all patients in given category. Group differences were tested with Pearson’s chi-squared test.

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