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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009 Aug 27;31(6):538–545. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.009

Table 2.

Factors Associated with making any Outpatient Psychiatry Visit within the past 6 months


Bivariate OR (95% CI) Associated with an Outpatient Psychiatry Visit
Multivariate OR (95% CI) Associated with an Outpatient Psychiatry Visit
Sex
    Male 1.00 (Ref) -----------------------
    Female
1.29 (0.89 – 1.63)

Age (years)
    18-45 1.00 (Ref) ------------------------
    ≥46
0.86 (0.64 -1.14)

Race
    White 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
    Black 0.59 (0.41-0.86)* 0.61 (0.41 – 0.92) *
    Hispanic 1.19 (0.69-1.79) 1.19 (0.71 – 2.00)
    Other 0.72 (0.48-2.25) 0.72 (0.30 – 1.75)
Group Test (P-Value)
12.30 (0.064)
7.27 (0.06)
Education
    < High School 1.00 (Ref)
    H.S. or Junior College 0.88 (0.64 – 1.23) -----------------------
    College or More 1.26 (0.78 – 2.02)
Group Test (P-Value)
0.90 (0.234)

Employment
    Working 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
    Retired 1.63 (1.00 – 2.66) 1.45(0.84 -2.51)
    Disabled 2.50 (1.72 – 3.64 2.39 (1.53 – 3.72)*
    Unemployed 1.54 (0.87 - 2.73) 1.71 (0.92 – 3.17)
Group Test (P-Value)
24.43 (0.000)
10.30 (0.01)
Insurance
    Private 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
    Medicaid 1.24 (0.78 - 1.97) 0.82 (0.49- 1.38)
    Medicare 1.66 (0.96 - 2.87) 1.11 (0.82 – 2.03)
    Medicaid/Medicare 1.17 (0.72 - 1.91) 0.67 (0.38 - 1.16)
    None 0.62 (0.33 - 1.17) 0.62 (0.32 -1.20)
Group Test (P-Value)
9.45 (0.051)
4.59 (0.33)
Primary Care Visits past 6 months
    0-2 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
    3-5 1.67 (1.04 – 2.66) 1.57 (1.00 – 2.45)*
    6, 7 1.31 (0.88 – 1.94) 1.35 (0.84 – 2.17)
    ≥8 2.54 (1.75 – 3.69) 2.46 (1.56 – 3.88)*
Group Test (P-Value)
25.66 (0.000)
13.04 (0.00)
Receipt of HAART
    No 1.00 (Ref) -------------------------
    Yes
0.89 (0.66 – 1.20)

CD4 in 2003 (cells/mm3)
    <50 1.00 (Ref)
    50-199 0.82 (0.39 -1.73)
    200-499 0.86 (0.44 – 1.68) --------------------------
    >499 0.90 (0.45 -1.78)
    Missing 1.08 (0.51 – 2.26)
Group Test (P-Value)
1.15 (0.887)

HIV Viral Load (copies/ml)
    <400
    ≥400 1.00 (Ref)
    Missing 0.74 (0.53 -1.02) ---------------------------
Group Test (P-Value) 1.08 (0.68 -1.72)

4.35 (0.114)

Illicit drug use
    Current 2.27 (1.57 -3.29) 2.26 (1.53 - 3.35)*
    Former 1.83 (1.26 – 2.66) 1.84 (1.24 - 2.73)*
    Never 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Group Test (P-Value)
19.44 (0.000)
14.05 (0.00)
Alcohol use
Hazardous/Binge drinking 0.78 (0.56 -1.08)
    Social Alcohol Use 0.73 (0.45- 1.18) ---------------------------------
    No Alcohol Use 1.00 (Ref)
Group Test (P-Value) 3.24 (0.198)

-------Not included in the final model due to nonsignificant bivariate association.

Note: Group test is a chi-square test of the joint significance of all category indicators for a variable.