Table 2 Predictors of psychosocial stressors among emergency department clients (n = 730)

East-Asian

0.35 (0.18–0.70)**

1.14 (0.66–2.00)

1.11 (0.67–1.84)

0.49 (0.22–1.10)

0.68 (0.35–1.29)

1.39 (0.80–2.42)

South-Asian

0.88 (0.46–1.68)

1.29 (0.70–2.36)

1.07 (0.61–1.88)

1.03 (0.48–2.20)

0.96 (0.50–1.86)

0.41 (0.19–0.92)*

Black-African

0.72 (0.38–1.38)

0.36 (0.17–0.79)*

0.88 (0.50–1.55)

1.43 (0.71–2.91)

0.99 (0.51–1.90)

0.93 (0.49–1.77)

Black-Caribbean

0.88 (0.50–1.54)

0.83 (0.46–1.49)

1.11 (0.68–1.83)

1.56 (0.83–2.92)

0.88 (0.47–1.63)

0.65 (0.35–1.19)

White-European

0.50 (0.27–0.92)*

1.42 (0.83–2.43)

1.01 (0.61–1.66)

0.82 (0.41–1.65)

1.10 (0.61–1.97)

1.22 (0.71–2.12)

Age

1.00 (0.99–1.02)

0.99 (0.97–1.00)*

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

0.97 (0.96–0.99)***

1.01 (1.00–1.03)

Male

0.96 (0.64–1.44)

0.80 (0.55–1.15)

1.07 (0.77–1.49)

0.80 (0.52–1.24)

1.58 (1.03–2.40)*

0.77 (0.53–1.12)

Symptom Severity Scale

1.08 (1.00–1.16)*

0.94 (0.88–1.01)

1.06 (0.99–1.31)

1.07 (0.98–1.16)

0.94 (0.87–1.02)

1.07 (0.99–1.15)

GP

0.55 (0.37–0.81)**

1.32 (0.93–1.88)

0.73 (0.53–0.99)*

0.87 (0.57–1.33)

1.19 (0.81–1.74)

1.22 (0.84–1.76)

Psychiatrist

1.00 (0.68–1.47)

0.86 (0.61–1.23)

0.64 (0.47–0.88)**

0.59 (0.39–0.90)*

0.69 (0.47–1.01)

1.56 (1.07–2.28)*

Constant

0.29**

0.77

0.40*

0.15***

0.83

0.12***

Χ²

31.97***

32.63***

20.93*

25.94**

38.88***

33.26***

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