Table 3.

Significant results of multivariate analysis for primary outcome of admission in 8 weeks

Variable	Odds ratio for being admitted at 8 weeks	95% confidence interval	p-value
Age per increasing year	0.97 per year (greater admission risk with younger age)	0.95 to 1.00	0.04
Previous compulsory admission	2.64	1.07 to 6.55	0.04
Moderate or severe risk of unintentional self harm vs no or mild risk	2.93	1.42 to 6.05	0.004
Uncooperative with assessment	10.25	4.20 to 24.97	<0.001
Referral from Accident and Emergency department	3.12	1.55 to 6.26	0.001
Referral outside usual office hours	2.34	1.11 to 4.94	0.03
South Islington Crisis Team vs North Islington Crisis Team	9.00	3.74 to 21.63	<0.001
North Southwark Crisis Team vs North Islington Crisis Team	9.79	4.20 to 22.80	<0.001