The role of ethnicity in pathways to emergency psychiatric services for clients with psychosis

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Predictors of involuntary detention under the Mental Health Act on ED presentation in a sample of clients with psychosis

Variable	Model 1 OR (95% CI)	p	Model 2 OR (95% CI)	p
East Asian	1.87 (1.06–3.30)	0.030	2.36 (1.23–4.52)	0.010
South Asian	2.49 (1.34–4.62)	0.004	2.99 (1.45–6.17)	0.003
Black African	2.20 (1.19–4.06)	0.011	1.59 (0.78–3.24)	0.198
Black Caribbean	1.63 (0.94–2.84)	0.084	1.27 (0.66–2.47)	0.476
White European	1.29 (0.73–2.27)	0.377	1.11 (0.58–2.10)	0.761
Age	1.03 (1.02–1.04)	<0.001	1.02 (1.01–1.04)	0.001
Female	1.16 (0.82–1.63)	0.412	1.01 (0.68–1.50)	0.956
Symptom severity	1.21 (1.13–1.29)	<0.001	1.25 (1.15–1.35)	<0.001
Risk	1.94 (1.35–2.78)	<0.001	2.12 (1.39–3.21)	<0.001
Neighbourhood
Residential instability			1.23 (1.05–1.45)	0.013
Material Deprivation			1.18 (0.98–1.42)	0.080
Dependency			0.97 (0.77–1.23)	0.842
Ethnic concentration			0.91 (0.76–1.08)	0.281
Constant	0.03	<0.001	0.03	<0.001
Χ²	91.78	<0.001	89.62	<0.001
df	9		13

Reference Categories: gender (male); ethnicity (White North American); risk (no risk)
Sample size: model 1 (n = 725); model 2 (n = 574)

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