P23 | Synodic moon, emergency department arrivals and medical ward admissions
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Premises and Purpose of the study: It’s commonly believed that full moon (FM) can affect health: few studies have confirmed this, most have not. Study aim is to evaluate FM effect on Arrival in Emergency Room (A), Triage Severity Score at arrival (TSS), ER Length of Stay (LS) in days, number of Death in ER (D), number of Medical Admission (MA), compared with New Moon (NM),1st quarter (1Q), last quarter (LQ).Materials and Methods: Cohort retrospective observational study, Martini Hospital Turin. Examined all consecutive A in 13 FM, 12 NM, 12 1Q, 12 LQ of year 2023. Evaluated in each lunar phase: number of A, TSS (1 to 5 points based on attributed color code at A), LS, D, MA. Data compared by descriptive analysis, t-test, χ2-test.Results: Full sample (FS) 2954 patients, age 58.10±22.65 years, male (M) 48.81%. Total A: FM 750 (M 47.2%), 1Q 744 (M 47.58%), LQ 715 (M 51.05%), NM 744 (M 49.53%)Single day A: FS 60.29, FM 57.69, 1Q 62, LQ 62.08, NM 59.58. TSS: FS 2.49±0.77, FM 2.51±0.76, 1Q 2.53±0.8, LQ 2.47±0.77, NM 2.45±0.75. LS: FS 0.74±1.35, FM 0.68±1.31, 1Q 0.8±1.39, LQ 0.74±1.32, NM 073±1.38. MA: FS 455, FM 111, 1Q 119, LQ 104, NM 121. D: FS 39, FM 11, FQ 7, LQ 9, NM 12. Statistical analysis showed no significant effect on evaluated clinical parameters by FM when compared with other moon phases.Conclusions: Our study showed no FM influence on data collected when compared with other moon phases: this is consistent with most of previous works. Limits: small sample; single day data collection in each lunar phase; TSS based on subjective evaluation; LS possibly affected by discharge difficulty.
Source: Italian Journal of Medicine
Authors: Vo Van Kha, Tran Thi Huong Ly, Pham Thi Thanh Hoa, Vo Huynh Nhu, Damas Hendriansyah, Nusratuddin Abdullah, Rudy B. Leonardy, Mardiah Tahir, Samrichard Rambulangi, Firdaus Hamid, Filomena Pietrantonio, Vera Kopsaj, Francesco Rosiello, Aurora Tomassoni, Luca Moriconi, Donatella Padua, Kiki Rizki Amelia, Efendi Lukas, Nurbani Bangsawan, Isharyah Sunarno, Retno Budiarti Farid, Sriwijaya Qadar, Rabab H. Elshaikh, Ashok Kumar Sah, Abdelrahman Mohamed Abukanna, Abdulrahman Algarni, Ammar Abdelmola, Hussam Ali Osman, Tagwa Yousif Elsayed Yousif, Elryah I. Ali, Hiba Ali, Ayman Hussein Alfeel, Thanh Long Nguyen, Victor Storm, Lam Toi Phung, Cong Thien Le, Thi Thu Ha Le, Thi Hoa Nguyen, Son Tung Vu, Thien Thang Tran, Minh Hanh Vu, Van Tuan Nguyen, Francesco Ventrella, Anna Belfiore, Antonio Greco, Franco Mastroianni, Salvatore Lenti, Domenico Ruggiero, Michele Cannone, Vincenzo Ostilio Palmieri, Massimo Errico, Giuseppe Mancia, Guido Grassi, Sverre E. Kjeldsen
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413771858