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. 2014 Oct;104(10):e82–e88. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302054

TABLE 4—

Odds of Youths Receiving Follow-Up Mental Health Services by Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 Screening Status, Results of a Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression Analysis: Indiana Juvenile Mental Health Screening Project, 2008–2011

Contact With Mental Health Clinician Within 24 Hours of Detention Center Intake
Mental Health Referral Upon Detention Center Discharge
Variable Screened Negative, OR (95% CI) Screened Positive, OR (95% CI) Screened Negative, OR (95% CI) Screened Positive, OR (95% CI)
Age 0.69*** (0.59, 0.81) 0.97 (0.91, 1.03) 0.81*** (0.78, 0.85) 0.93 (0.87, 1.00)
Female 2.07** (1.22, 3.52) 1.21* (1.00, 1.45) 0.99 (0.87, 1.13) 1.09 (0.89, 1.34)
Race/ethnicity
 African American 0.35** (0.18, 0.67) 0.92 (0.72, 1.18) 0.63*** (0.55, 0.73) 0.80 (0.60, 1.05)
 Hispanic 0.33** (0.14, 0.80) 0.93 (0.65, 1.33) 0.87*** (0.74, 1.03) 0.85 (0.59, 1.24)
 White (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Detention center site
 1 22.07* (2.45, 198.74) 0.48*** (0.30, 0.79) 0.02*** (0.01, 0.05) 0.12*** (0.07, 0.23)
 2 2.71* (0.28, 26.71) 0.70*** (0.49, 1.01) 0.00*** (0.00, 0.01) 0.01*** (0.00, 0.03)
 3 12.42* (1.27, 121.26) 1.18*** (0.75, 1.85) 0.81*** (0.65, 1.02) 1.19*** (0.78, 1.81)
 4 13.07* (1.54, 110.80) 2.34*** (1.62, 3.37) 1.20*** (1.01, 1.43) 4.88*** (3.47, 6.87)
 5 8.30* (0.97, 70.76) 6.46*** (4.34, 9.60) 0.94*** (0.80, 1.10) 1.71*** (1.21, 2.42)
 6 4.01* (0.20, 81.36) 0.12*** (0.04, 0.34) 0.20*** (0.13, 0.30) 0.44*** (0.25, 0.80)
 7 0.03* (0.00, > 999) 0.14*** (0.03, 0.62) 0.70*** (0.43, 1.13) 0.53*** (0.24, 1.17)
 8 (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. The sample size was n = 9043 youths, representing 15 708 detention stays.

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.