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Table 4 Multilevel logistic regression model: variables associated with involuntary admission (inpatient episodes sample: n = 7881)

From: Factors associated with involuntary admissions: a register-based cross-sectional multicenter study

Characteristics

Involuntary admission n = 715

Voluntary admission n = 7166

Overall n = 7881

COR (95% CI)1

p-value

AOR (95% CI)2 nn= 7047

p-value

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Physical restraint

 No

519 (72.6)

6800 (94.9)

7319 (92.9)

1

 

1

 

 Yes

196 (27.4)

366 (5.1)

562 (7.1)

12.96 (10.24–16.41)

 < 0.001

11.58 (8.90–15.07)

 < 0.001

Main diagnosis at discharge

 Mood disorders

148 (20.7)

2375 (33.2)

2523 (32.1)

1

 

1

 

 Schizophrenia

375 (52.4)

2226 (31.2)

2601 (33.1)

2.89 (2.35–3.55)

 < 0.001

2.68 (2.13–3.36)

 < 0.001

 Personality disorders

84 (11.8)

1333 (18.7)

1417 (18.0)

1.02 (0.77–1.36)

0.880

0.98 (0.71–1.36)

0.919

 Substance use disorders

34 (4.8)

212 (3.0)

246 (3.1)

3.04 (2.00–4.64)

 < 0.001

2.60 (1.64–4.14)

 < 0.001

 Othersc

74 (10.3)

996 (13.9)

1070 (13.6)

1.11 (0.82–1.51)

0.501

0.94 (0.68–1.31)

0.722

Length of hospitalization (days)

 Mean ± SD

15.8 ± 13.5

12.0 ± 11.3

12.3 ± 11.6

1.03 (1.02–1.04)

 < 0.001

1.02 (1.01–1.03)

 < 0.001

Number of hospitalizations

 One

608 (85.0)

5410 (75.5)

6018 (76.4)

1

 

1

 

 Two

72 (10.1)

1094 (15.3)

1166 (14.8)

0.63 (0.49–0.82)

 < 0.001

0.52 (0.39–0.69)

 < 0.001

 Three

17 (2.4)

366 (5.1)

383 (4.9)

0.46 (0.28–0.76)

0.002

0.34 (0.20–0.58)

 < 0.001

 Four or more

18 (2.5)

296 (4.1)

314 (4.0)

0.58 (0.36–0.95)

0.032

0.39 (0.23–0.67)

0.001

  1. aCOR Crude Odds Ratios
  2. bAOR Adjusted Odds Ratios (adjusted for age, gender and nationality)
  3. cDementias; pervasive developmental disorders; anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders; adjustment reactions; acute reactions of stress