The role of ethnicity in pathways to emergency psychiatric services for clients with psychosis

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Predictors of mode of arrival to ED by police or emergency services in a sample of clients with psychosis

Variable	Model 1 OR (95% CI)	p	Model 2 OR (95% CI)	p	Model 3 OR (95% CI)	p
East Asian	2.12 (1.21–3.71)	0.008	1.79 (0.96–3.35)	0.068	2.10 (1.01–4.36)	0.047
South Asian	1.77 (0.95–3.28)	0.070	1.18 (0.59–2.39)	0.633	1.56 (0.68–3.58)	0.296
Black African	2.00 (1.10–3.64)	0.023	1.61 (0.82–3.18)	0.166	1.74 (0.79–3.82)	0.169
Black Caribbean	1.51 (0.88–2.62)	0.138	1.28 (0.69–2.39)	0.436	1.50 (0.71–3.14)	0.285
White European	1.63 (0.94–2.81)	0.080	1.53 (0.83–2.83)	0.172	1.78 (0.89–3.60)	0.104
Age	1.03 (1.02–1.04)	<0.001	1.02 (1.01–1.04)	0.003	1.01 (0.99–1.03)	0.085
Female	0.75 (0.53–1.07)	0.111	0.62 (0.42–0.93)	0.020	0.69 (0.44–1.07)	0.097
Symptom severity	1.15 (1.08–1.23)	<0.001	1.08 (0.99–1.16)	0.062	1.06 (0.97–1.17)	0.181
GP	0.54 (0.39–0.76)	<0.001	0.67 (0.46–0.99)	0.043	0.65 (0.42–0.99)	0.047
Involuntary			9.83 (6.46–14.06)	<0.001	8.27 (5.31–12.87)	<0.001
Neighbourhood
Residential instability					1.35 (1.13–1.62)	0.001
Material Deprivation					1.20 (0.98–1.48)	0.078
Dependency					1.20 (0.93–1.54)	0.153
Ethnic concentration					0.85 (0.70–1.03)	0.109
Constant	0.08	<0.001	0.07	<0.001	0.08	<0.001
Χ²	71.95	<0.001	216.84	<0.001	178.84	<0.001
Df	9		10		14

Reference Categories: ethnicity (White North American); gender (male); GP (no GP), Involuntary (Voluntary)
Sample size: model 1 & 2 (n = 712); model 3 (n = 565)

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