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Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2010 Nov;37(6):484–496. doi: 10.1007/s10488-010-0291-2

Table 3.

Factors associated with mental disorder and symptoms over time: Unadjusted odds ratios 1

Mental Disorder Count of Mental Health
Symptoms

OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Mental health treatment and condition in prior wave
  Outpatient treatment
    None [Reference]    -  -  -    -  -  -
    Any outpatient treatment 1.78 (1.19– 2.67) ** 1.50 (1.23– 1.82) **
    None [Reference]    -  -  -    -  -  -
    Between 1 and 7 visits 1.89 (1.15– 3.11) * 1.51 (1.30– 1.76) **
    Eight or more visits 1.49 (0.69– 3.22) 1.46 (1.18– 1.80) **
  Mental health prescription 2.00 (0.96– 4.18) 1.74 (1.41– 2.14) ***
  Mental Disorder
    No mental Disorder [Reference]    -  -  -
    Unitary mental disorder 1.75 (1.12– 2.72) *
    Co-morbid mental disorder 3.91 (2.18– 7.01) ***
  Symptom count 1.06 (1.05– 1.07) ***
  Severity of mental disorder 1.98 (1.34– 2.93) *** 1.72 (1.52– 1.94) ***
Concurrent social problems
  Substance use 1.94 (1.40– 2.68) *** 1.52 (1.37– 1.68) ***
  Violence 1.66 (1.03– 2.66) * 1.31 (1.13– 1.53) ***
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics
  Male 0.60 (0.40– 0.91) * 0.70 (0.63– 0.77) ***
  Nonwhite 1.46 (0.92– 2.33) 1.42 (1.29– 1.58) ***
  Education
    Less than high school [Reference]    -  -  -    -  -  -
    High school and beyond 1.25 (0.76– 2.08) 0.85 (0.74– 0.99) *
  Poverty (concurrent) 2.26 (1.50– 3.40) *** 2.03 (1.77– 2.32) ***
Concurrent family and community characteristics
  Recent household antisocial behavior 1.61 (1.12– 2.31) ** 1.47 (1.33– 1.63) ***
  Social support 0.87 (0.80– 0.93) *** 0.88 (0.86– 0.90) ***
  Community disorganization 1.35 (1.04– 1.76) * 1.37 (1.28– 1.47) ***
Childhood Abuse
  Physical or sexual abuse 1.51 (0.98– 2.34) 1.42 (1.28– 1.57) ***

N=493 N=774

Statistical Significance:

p<0.10 (trend);

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001

1

Results represent summary of five imputations using PROC MI and PROC MIanalyze