ArticleCureus2021
Associations Between Bed Bugs and Mental Illness Among Emergency Department Patients.
Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Navigating Life: Delaware Families Experiencing Homelessness with Young Children.Delaware journal of public health · 2024Article
- Household perception and infestation dynamics of bedbugs among residential communities and its potential distribution in Africa.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Characteristic Linear and Zigzag Purpuric Lesions in a Patient with Long-term and Repeated Exposure to Bedbug Bites.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2022Article
- Respiratory diseases in patients with bed bugs.The clinical respiratory journal · 2022Article
- Investigating the association of bed bugs with infectious diseases: A retrospective case-control study.Heliyon · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background Bed bugs are common urban pests associated with stress, anxiety, depression, and some reports of suicidality. The emergency department (ED) treats patients with both acute mental illness and bed bug infestations. There have been few studies examining associations between bed bug infestations and mental illness. Methods A case-control study involving 332 adult ED patients infested with bed bugs and 4,952 uninfested control patients matched on sex, age (±1 year at the time of the ED visit), and the specific ED was completed. All clinic encounters occurred in northeast Ohio between February 1, 2011, and February 1, 2017, from a single health system. Univariable and multivariable regression analysis looked for associations between bed bug infestation and different psychiatric diagnoses and medications. Results Bed bug infested patients were more likely than uninfested patients to screen positive for an unsafe home and needing an abuse consult at ED triage (
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