Table 1.
Comparison of characteristics of women admitted either with their infant to an MBU or without their infant to a psychiatric ward (non-MBU) (n=1729)
| MBU admission | Non-MBU admission | OR, adjusted by age and deprivation (95% CI) | |
| Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
| Total | 190 (11.0) | 1539 (89) | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Non-affective psychosis | 24 (12.6) | 107 (7.0) | 1.97 (1.22 to 3.18) |
| Affective psychosis | 18 (9.5) | 53 (3.4) | 2.44 (1.37 to 4.33) |
| Postpartum (0–12 weeks) psychosis | 18 (9.5) | 87 (5.7) | 1.56 (0.91 to 2.70) |
| Non-psychotic depressive episodes | 85 (44.7) | 447 (29.0) | 1.93 (1.42 to 2.63) |
| Any other diagnosis | 130 (68.4) | 1292 (84.0) | 0.45 (0.32 to 0.63) |
| Deprivation quintile | |||
| Most deprived (1) | 64 (33.7) | 656 (43.4) | 0.68 (0.49 to 0.93) |
| 2 | 34 (17.9) | 336 (22.2) | 0.76 (0.51 to 1.13) |
| 3 | 28 (14.7) | 246 (16.3) | 0.88 (0.58 to 1.31) |
| 4 | 37 (19.5) | 169 (10.2) | 2.00 (1.35 to 2.96) |
| Least deprived (5) | 27 (14.2) | 105 (6.9) | 2.33 (1.49 to 3.65) |
| Age group | |||
| Under 20 | 16 (8.4) | 172 (11.2) | 0.78 (0.45 to 1.34) |
| 20–25 | 40 (21.1) | 465 (30.2) | 0.65 (0.45 to 0.95) |
| 26–30 | 47 (24.7) | 407 (26.4) | 0.90 (0.63 to 1.29) |
| 31–35 | 50 (26.3) | 293 (19.0) | 1.38 (0.97 to 1.96) |
| 36–40 | 31 (16.3) | 170 (11.0) | 1.49 (1.03 to 1.58) |
| Over40 | 6 (3.2) | 32 (2.1) | 1.55 (0.63 to 3.80) |
| Length of admission | |||
| 5 days or less | 35 (18.4) | 640 (41.6) | 0.34 (0.23 to 0.50) |
| 6–10 days | 25 (13.2) | 320 (20.8) | 0.59 (0.39 to 0.92) |
| 11–20 days | 42 (22.1) | 274 (17.8) | 1.27 (0.86 to 1.85) |
| 21–40 days | 49 (25.8) | 172 (11.2) | 2.51 (1.73 to 3.63) |
| 40 plus days | 39 (20.4) | 133 (8.6) | 2.48 (1.65 to 3.71) |
| Geographical location | |||
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 103 (54.2) | 389 (25.3) | 3.50 (2.57 to 4.76) |
| Lothian | 55 (29.0) | 169 (11.0) | 3.30 (2.32 to 4.96) |
| Lanarkshire | 12 (6.3) | 169 (11.0) | 0.54 (0.29 to 1.00) |
| Any other health board | 20 (10.5) | 812 (52.7) | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.03) |
| Had previous pregnancy | 95 (50.0) | 935 (60.8) | 0.57 (0.41 to 0.78) |
| History of psychiatric admission | 43 (22.6) | 519 (33.7) | 0.57 (0.40 to 0.83) |
| Time of first admission | |||
| Postpartum (0–12 weeks) | 102 (53.7) | 125 (8.1) | 11.96 (8.4 to 16.8) |
Women could have more than one diagnosis so numbers are greater than the number of women. In total 27 women had no Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile assigned due to missing or incorrect postcode and were excluded from the regression analysis for all variables.
MBU, mother and baby unit.