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Table 3 Effect of socio-demographic and clinical variables in childhood/adolescence on readmission in adulthood: results of multiple logistic regressiona

From: Child and adolescent psychiatry patients coming of age: a retrospective longitudinal study of inpatient treatment in Tyrol

 

Odds ratio

95 % confidence interval

Wald

df

p-value

Age at last admission to CAP

  

29.87

1

<0.001

 <13 years (reference group)

1.000

    

 ≥13 years

3.661

2.299–5.830

29.87

1

<0.001

Gender

  

1.64

1

0.201

 Male (reference group)

1.000

    

 Female

0.817

0.599–1.114

1.64

1

0.201

Number of admissions to CAP

  

11.77

2

0.003

 One (reference group)

1.000

    

 2–9

1.380

1.003–1.897

3.91

1

0.048

 ≥10

2.219

1.392–3.537

11.55

1

0.001

Diagnostic group

  

3.44

2

0.179

 Internalizing disorders

1.000

    

 Externalizing disorders

0.677

0.426–1.075

 

1

0.098

 Others

1.085

0.761–1.547

 

1

0.378

  1. CAP Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  2. avariables not included in the model: age at first admission to CAP (Wald = 2.53, d.f. = 1, p = 0.112) and cumulative duration of hospitalizations (Wald = 0.49, d.f. = 2, p = 0.781)