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Table 3 Predictors for patients involuntary hospitalized who stated that they did want admissiona

From: Psychiatric patients’ attitudes towards being hospitalized: a national multicentre study in Norway

IH and wanted admission

P - value

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval (C.I.)

Referring agent

 Local out-of-office-hours casualty clinic

0.193

0.984

0.664–1.457

 General practitioner (GP)

ref

1.330

0.866–2.045

 From psychiatric health care

0.215

1.353

0.839–2.181

 Transported by police

0.000

0.272

0.194–0.381

Symptoms ratings at admission

   

 GAF-S symptoms at intake

0.332

1.008

0.992–1.025

 GAF-F functioning at intake

0.566

1.005

0.988–1.022

 HoNOS aggression

0.050

0.880

0.763–1.000

 HoNOS hallucinations and delusions

0.469

0.953

0.837–1.086

 HoNOS reduced mood level

0.066

1.149

0.991–1.332

 drugs

0.000

1.263

1.117–1.429

 suicidal danger

0.880

0.990

0.870–1.127

  1. IH Involuntary Hospitalized, GAF Global Assessment of Functioning (Function and Symptoms), HoNOS Health of the Nation Outcome Scale
  2. a = GLIMMIX module of SAS Academic version 3.3 was used for generalized linear mixed modelling