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

Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression analysis including all variables associated with inpatient psychiatric admission

	OR	95% CI		p-Value
	OR	LL	UL	p-Value
Gender	1.14	0.93	1.39	0.208
Age	1.01	1.00	1.02	0.003*
Aggressive towards people	2.85	1.70	4.75	< 0.001**
Previous psychiatric treatment	1.83	1.43	2.33	< 0.001**
Transfer (reference = walk-in)	6.26	3.02	12.98	< 0.001**
Suicide attempt prior to presentation (reference = no suicide attempt)				< 0.001**
Via intoxication	9.05	2.53	32.35	< 0.001**
Via self-injury	12.60	1.28	124.15	0.030*
Via other methods (e.g., strangulation. combination of methods)	17.36	1.93	156.01	0.011*
Wednesday (reference = Sunday)	1.55	1.04	2.31	0.030*
Living alone (reference = living with others)	1.55	1.16	2.08	0.003*
Unkempt/inappropriate attire	1.64	1.20	2.23	0.002*
Any disturbance of orientation	3.66	2.52	5.31	< 0.001**
Inhibited/retarded thinking	1.40	1.05	1.87	0.022*
Incoherence/derailment	1.75	1.09	2.81	0.021*
Delusions in general	2.25	1.64	3.10	< 0.001**
Acustic hallucinations	1.63	1.11	2.41	0.013*
Visual hallucinationens	2.89	1.64	5.10	< 0.001**
Hopelessness/despair	2.36	1.73	3.23	< 0.001**
Anxiety	1.89	1.13	3.15	0.015*
Inhibition/lack of drive	1.63	1.29	2.06	< 0.001**
Increased drive	1.68	1.11	2.53	0.013*
Motor restlessness/tensness	1.59	1.23	2.06	< 0.001**
Motor retardation	1.75	1.18	2.60	0.005*
Mannerisms/histrionics	2.35	1.15	4.80	0.019*
Suicidal ideation (reference = no suicidal ideation)	3.79	2.92	4.93	< 0.001*
Suicidal intent (reference = distance to suicidal intent)				< 0.001*
Lack of distance to suicidal intent	116.04	15.94	844.79	< 0.001*
Missing information	7.23	3.28	15.96	< 0.001*

OR: odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval, LL: lower limit, UL: upper limit, transfer: transfer from another hospital or another medical discipline within the MHH; * statistically significant, ** highly statistically significant

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