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Table 4 Results from the hierarchical logistic regression model estimating predictors for “Covid-19 period” vs. “pre-Covid-19 period”

From: Psychiatric presentations and admissions during the first wave of Covid-19 compared to 2019 in a psychiatric emergency department in Berlin, Germany: a retrospective chart review

 

Exp (B)

95% CI lower

95% CI upper

p-value

Age

1.004

0.997

1.011

0.307

Gender

0.949

0.764

1.181

0.641

SHK catchment area

1.002

0.991

1.012

0.763

Mode of attendance

Self-referred

0.948

0.697

1.288

0.732

Redirected

2.480

1.647

3.736

< 0.001

Ambulance

1.267

0.896

1.792

0.181

In police custody

2.440

1.584

3.761

< 0.001

Psychopathology

Aggressive behaviour

1.416

0.778

2.577

0.255

Aggressive behaviour*police

0.465

0.212

1.022

0.057

Suicidality

Suicidal thoughts

1.517

1.141

2.017

0.004

Suicidal plans

1.515

0.968

2.370

0.069

Suicide attempt

1.961

1.037

3.708

0.038

Diagnostic categories

Organic mental disorders

1.034

0.605

1.766

0.903

Substance use disorders

1.033

0.816

1.308

0.788

Paranoid schizophrenia

1.712

1.239

2.367

0.001

Bipolar and manic disorders

1.946

1.240

3.054

0.004

Depressive disorders

0.694

0.509

0.947

0.021

Neurotic, somatoform and stress-related disorders

0.990

0.741

1.322

0.946

Personality disorders

0.539

0.383

0.758

< 0.001

Admission

Hospital admission

0.458

0.366

0.547

< 0.001

Involuntary admission

0.762

0.490

1.186

0.229

  1. Odds ratios (= Exp (B)) greater than 1 indicate, that a factor is predicting a case to be within the “Covid-19 period”; odds ratios below 1 indicate, that a factor is predicting a case to be within the “control period”. Abbreviations used: 95% CI 95% confidence interval, SHK St. Hedwig hospital