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Table 2 Sociodemographic and circumstantial characteristics of the study population

From: Clinical and sociodemographic predictors of inpatient admission after presentation in a psychiatric emergency room: an observational study

 

All Patients

IPA

Discharged

Chi-square test

Chi-square test post hoc

N = 2387

%

n = 1300

%

n = 1087

%

df

p-Value

df

p-Value

Gender

Female

1081

45.3

596

45.8

485

44.6

2

0.107

1

0.548

Male

1269

53.2

678

52.2

591

54.4

  

1

0.28

Transgender

37

1.6

26

2.0

11

1.0

  

1

0.052

Means of presentation

Walk-in

1247

52.2

571

43.9

676

62.2

3

< 0.001**

1

< 0.001**

By ambulance

817

34.2

481

37.0

336

30.9

  

1

0.002*

By police escort

232

9.7

168

12.9

64

5.9

  

1

< 0.001**

Transfer

91

3.8

80

6.2

11

1.0

  

1

< 0.001**

Accompanied

421

17.6

226

17.4

195

17.9

1

0.723

  

Previous psychiatric treatment

Yes

1670

70.0

966

74.3

704

64.8

1

< 0.001**

  

Aggressive prior to presentation

Aggressive in general

204

8.5

155

11.9

49

4.5

1

< 0.001**

  

Aggressive towards people

155

6.5

122

9.4

33

3.0

1

< 0.001**

  

Aggressive towards objects

59

2.5

45

3.5

14

1.3

1

< 0.001**

  

Suicide attempt prior to presentation

Yes

101

4.2

96

7.4

5

0.5

1

< 0.001**

  

Intoxication

None

1669

69.9

880

67.7

789

72.6

3

0.032*

1

0.009*

Alcohol

549

23.0

313

24.1

236

21.7

  

1

0.171

Non-alcohol drugs

100

4.2

63

4.8

37

3.4

  

1

0.080

Both

69

2.9

44

3.4

25

2.3

  

1

0.115

Coersive measures

Mechanical restraint

71

3.0

60

4.6

11

1.0

1

< 0.001**

  

Living arrangement

With others

656

27.5

319

24.5

337

31.0

6

< 0.001**

 

< 0.001**

Homeless

170

7.1

88

6.8

82

7.5

  

1

0.464

Alone

555

23.3

347

26.7

208

19.1

  

1

< 0.001**

Psychiatric residency/nursing home

315

13.2

186

14.3

129

11.9

  

1

0.079

Refugee shelter

21

0.9

14

1.1

7

0.6

  

1

0.259

Others

10

0.4

6

0.5

4

0.4

  

1

0.725

Missing information

660

27.6

340

26.2

320

29.4

  

1

0.074

Work status

(Self-)employed

433

18.1

198

15.2

235

21.6

5

< 0.001**

1

< 0.001**

Without work

393

16.5

209

16.1

184

16.9

  

1

0.577

Student

137

5.7

66

5.1

71

6.5

  

1

0.128

Sheltered workshop

14

0.6

7

0.5

7

0.6

  

1

0.737

Retired

294

12.3

205

15.8

89

8.2

  

1

< 0.001**

Missing information

1116

46.8

615

47.3

501

46.1

  

1

0.553

  1. IPA: inpatient psychiatric admission, n: number of consultations, df: degrees of freedom, transfer: transfer from another hospital or another medical discipline within the MHH, homeless: without permanent home/homeless shelter, others: prison or women’s/men’s shelter; *statistically significant, **highly statistically significant
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

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