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Table 4 Distribution (percentage of consultations) of the most common psychological diagnoses in 2008 and in a cohort of frequent attenders in 2008 in subsequent years

From: Frequent attenders at primary care out-of-hours services: a registry-based observational study in Norway

  

Identified patients with five or more OOH consultations in 2008 (frequent attenders in 2008)

ICPC-2 codes

All 2008

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

P01: Feeling anxious, nervous, tense

5.3

5.5

5.4

4.4

4.0

5.7

4.4

6.9

8.5

9.8

11.0

P02: Acute stress reaction

7.1

4.3

3.1

3.8

3.6

5.0

4.2

2.7

3.1

2.9

3.3

P06: Sleep disturbance

3.2

2.5

2.2

1.9

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.9

P15: Chronic alcohol abuse

7.0

9.7

9.7

11.3

11.5

12.5

14.8

10.7

10.3

9.4

8.7

P16: Acute alcohol abuse

8.9

6.2

6.7

6.2

5.3

9.0

7.4

7.2

7.6

7.5

7.5

P19: Drug abuse

6.8

8.7

9.1

10.3

11.4

11.8

13.4

12.1

10.9

12.4

10.5

P72: Schizophrenia

3.9

5.5

5.6

6.5

6.7

6.6

7.1

6.2

4.6

5.0

5.1

P74: Anxiety disorder. Anxiety state

8.5

9.9

9.2

9.1

9.5

6.4

7.2

6.3

6.1

5.4

5.0

P76: Depressive disorder

12.9

10.9

10.0

9.3

8.7

5.6

5.3

6.0

5.7

5.1

5.4

P77: Suicide. Suicide attempt

3.5

3.6

3.6

4.0

3.7

4.0

4.2

5.4

6.0

7.4

6.8

P80: Personality disorder

1.4

3.1

3.3

3.8

3.8

2.6

3.6

5.1

5.3

4.9

5.7

P98: Psychosis, other

3.4

2.7

3.1

2.6

3.0

2.3

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.5

2.4

P99: Psychological disorder, other

5.4

7.7

9.9

7.9

6.7

8.6

6.7

8.6

7.2

5.3

8.2

Number of consultations with identified patients

47,189

13,771

7862

6570

5334

4868

4665

4059

3689

3213

2865