Table 2.
Sociodemographic and circumstantial characteristics of the study population
| All Patients | IPA | Discharged | Chi-square test | Chi-square test post hoc | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 2387 | % | n = 1300 | % | n = 1087 | % | df | p-Value | df | p-Value | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Female | 1081 | 45.3 | 596 | 45.8 | 485 | 44.6 | 2 | 0.107 | 1 | 0.548 |
| Male | 1269 | 53.2 | 678 | 52.2 | 591 | 54.4 | 1 | 0.28 | ||
| Transgender | 37 | 1.6 | 26 | 2.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.052 | ||
| Means of presentation | ||||||||||
| Walk-in | 1247 | 52.2 | 571 | 43.9 | 676 | 62.2 | 3 | < 0.001** | 1 | < 0.001** |
| By ambulance | 817 | 34.2 | 481 | 37.0 | 336 | 30.9 | 1 | 0.002* | ||
| By police escort | 232 | 9.7 | 168 | 12.9 | 64 | 5.9 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Transfer | 91 | 3.8 | 80 | 6.2 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Accompanied | 421 | 17.6 | 226 | 17.4 | 195 | 17.9 | 1 | 0.723 | ||
| Previous psychiatric treatment | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1670 | 70.0 | 966 | 74.3 | 704 | 64.8 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Aggressive prior to presentation | ||||||||||
| Aggressive in general | 204 | 8.5 | 155 | 11.9 | 49 | 4.5 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Aggressive towards people | 155 | 6.5 | 122 | 9.4 | 33 | 3.0 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Aggressive towards objects | 59 | 2.5 | 45 | 3.5 | 14 | 1.3 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Suicide attempt prior to presentation | ||||||||||
| Yes | 101 | 4.2 | 96 | 7.4 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Intoxication | ||||||||||
| None | 1669 | 69.9 | 880 | 67.7 | 789 | 72.6 | 3 | 0.032* | 1 | 0.009* |
| Alcohol | 549 | 23.0 | 313 | 24.1 | 236 | 21.7 | 1 | 0.171 | ||
| Non-alcohol drugs | 100 | 4.2 | 63 | 4.8 | 37 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.080 | ||
| Both | 69 | 2.9 | 44 | 3.4 | 25 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.115 | ||
| Coersive measures | ||||||||||
| Mechanical restraint | 71 | 3.0 | 60 | 4.6 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Living arrangement | ||||||||||
| With others | 656 | 27.5 | 319 | 24.5 | 337 | 31.0 | 6 | < 0.001** | < 0.001** | |
| Homeless | 170 | 7.1 | 88 | 6.8 | 82 | 7.5 | 1 | 0.464 | ||
| Alone | 555 | 23.3 | 347 | 26.7 | 208 | 19.1 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Psychiatric residency/nursing home | 315 | 13.2 | 186 | 14.3 | 129 | 11.9 | 1 | 0.079 | ||
| Refugee shelter | 21 | 0.9 | 14 | 1.1 | 7 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.259 | ||
| Others | 10 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.725 | ||
| Missing information | 660 | 27.6 | 340 | 26.2 | 320 | 29.4 | 1 | 0.074 | ||
| Work status | ||||||||||
| (Self-)employed | 433 | 18.1 | 198 | 15.2 | 235 | 21.6 | 5 | < 0.001** | 1 | < 0.001** |
| Without work | 393 | 16.5 | 209 | 16.1 | 184 | 16.9 | 1 | 0.577 | ||
| Student | 137 | 5.7 | 66 | 5.1 | 71 | 6.5 | 1 | 0.128 | ||
| Sheltered workshop | 14 | 0.6 | 7 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.737 | ||
| Retired | 294 | 12.3 | 205 | 15.8 | 89 | 8.2 | 1 | < 0.001** | ||
| Missing information | 1116 | 46.8 | 615 | 47.3 | 501 | 46.1 | 1 | 0.553 | ||
IPA: inpatient psychiatric admission, n: number of consultations, df: degrees of freedom, transfer: transfer from another hospital or another medical discipline within the MHH, homeless: without permanent home/homeless shelter, others: prison or women’s/men’s shelter; *statistically significant, **highly statistically significant