Table 2. Univariate tests for clinical factors.
Clinical factors | Readmitted
N=77 |
Not readmitted
N=291 |
p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
PFU status | 1.000 f | ||||
- Ordinary | 74 | 96.1 | 280 | 96.2 | |
- Target | 3 | 3.9 | 11 | 3.8 | |
Primary psychiatric diagnosis | 0.017 f | ||||
- Cognitive disorders | 26 | 33.8 | 111 | 38.2 | |
- Depressive disorders | 18 | 23.4 | 103 | 35.4 | |
- Bipolar disorders | 3 | 3.9 | 12 | 4.1 | |
- Psychotic disorders | 29 | 37.6 | 56 | 19.2 | |
- Others | 1 | 1.3 | 9 | 3.1 | |
Psychiatric comorbidities | 0.149 c | ||||
- Present | 20 | 26.0 | 54 | 18.6 | |
- Absent | 57 | 74.0 | 237 | 81.4 | |
MMSE scores | 0.518 f | ||||
- Less than 10 | 14 | 18.2 | 36 | 12.4 | |
- 11–20 | 24 | 31.1 | 95 | 32.6 | |
- 21–26 | 13 | 16.9 | 55 | 18.9 | |
- Over 26 | 4 | 5.2 | 29 | 10.0 | |
- Not documented | 22 | 28.6 | 76 | 26.1 | |
Referral to other disciplines | 0.001 c | ||||
- Yes | 42 | 54.5 | 215 | 73.9 | |
- No | 35 | 45.5 | 76 | 26.1 | |
History of suicidal behaviors | 0.002 c | ||||
- Yes | 29 | 37.7 | 60 | 20.6 | |
- No | 48 | 62.3 | 231 | 79.4 | |
History of violence | <0.001 c | ||||
- Yes | 28 | 36.4 | 30 | 10.3 | |
- No | 49 | 63.6 | 261 | 89.7 | |
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
Length of inpatient stay (days) | 30 | 17–68.5 | 26 | 12–50 | 0.050 m |
Number of physical illnesses | 2 | 1–4 | 2 | 1–3 | 0.775 m |
Number of previous admissions | 1 | 0–4 | 0 | 0–0 | <0.001 m |
cChi-squared test, fFisher’s exact test, mMann Whitney U test
PFU priority follow-up, MMSE Mini-mental State Examination, IQR interquartile range