Table 2.

Significant variables in the logistic regression predicting a psychiatric admission on the basis of the analysed total population.

Variable	Beta	S.E.	Wald	df	p-value	OR	Cl (95%)
Suicidality	2.470	0.213	134.66	1	0.000	11.81	7.78–17.93
Diagnosis of dementia	0.672	0.316	4.51	1	0.034	1.95	1.05–3.63
Female sex	0.252	0.116	4.72	1	0.030	1.28	1.02–1.61
Two diagnostic measures	0.513	0.239	4.61	1	0.032	1.67	1.04–2.66
One consultation	0.476	0.156	9.35	1	0.02	1.61	1.18–2.185
Two consultations	1.281	0.300	18.22	1	0.000	3.60	2.00–6.485
Care order in force	0.528	0.224	5.54	1	0.019	1.69	1.09–2.633
Referral by a doctor	0.809	0.221	13.37	1	0.000	2.24	1.45–3.462
Medication in the emergency department	1.094	0.217	25.43	1	0.000	2.98	1.95–4.566
Patient reffered by a consultant	1.273	0.158	65.17	1	0.000	3.57	2.62–4.863

-2 Log likelihood 1904.547, Cox & Snell R Square 0.387, Nagelkerke R Square 0.520