Table 4 Multivariable logistic regression for factors associated with long hospital stay (≥22 days) among psychiatric admissions to Jimma University Specialized Hospital
From: Length of stay of psychiatric admissions in a general hospital in Ethiopia: a retrospective study
Variable | β (S.E) | Wald | Odds ratio (95% CI)* | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Discharge diagnosis | 22.67 | <0.001 | ||
Schizophrenia‡ | 1 | |||
Bipolar disorder | −0.03 (0.23) | 0.97 (0.61 – 1.52) | ||
Major Depressive disorder | −0.67 (0.23) | 0.51 (0.32 – 0.81) | ||
Brief psychotic disorder | −0.65 (0.24) | 0.52 (0.33 – 0.84) | ||
Other mental disorders§ | −1.12 (0.34) | 0.33 (0.17 – 0.64) | ||
Extrapyramidal side-effects | 4.41 | 0.036 | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 0.42 (0.20) | 1.53 (1.03 – 2.27) | ||
Patient paid for hospital services | 10.67 | 0.005 | ||
No | 1 | |||
Paid half of the cost | −0.75 (0.32) | 0.47 (0.25 – 0.88) | ||
Paid all of the cost | −0.57 (0.23) | 0.57 (0.36 – 0.89) |