Research Article
Urgent and Nonurgent Presentations to a Psychiatric Emergency Service in Nigeria: Pattern and Correlates
Table 4
Factors associated with urgency of presentations.
| | Variable | Urgent
(%) | Nonurgent
(%) | Total | | |
| | Sex | | | | | | | Male | 118 (41.3) | 168 (58.7) | 286 | 0.32 | 0.572 | | Female | 162 (39.1) | 252 (60.9) | 414 | | Marital status | | | | | | | Married | 70 (28.9) | 172 (71.1) | 242 | 18.90 | <0.001 | | Not married | 210 (45.9) | 248 (54.1) | 458 | | Employment status | | | | | | | Employed | 86 (30.9) | 192 (69.1) | 278 | 15.79 | <0.001 | | Unemployed | 194 (46.0) | 228 (54.0) | 422 | | Physical restraint | | | | | | | Yes | 66 (89.2) | 8 (10.8) | 74 | 83.42 | <0.001 | | No | 214 (34.2) | 412 (65.8) | 626 | | By police/ambulance | | | | | | | Yes | 36 (81.8) | 11 (23.4) | 44 | 28.12 | <0.001 | | No | 244 (37.4) | 409 (62.6) | 653 | | Number of PES visits in the past year | | | | | | | >2 | 100 (35.7) | 180 (64.3) | 280 | 3.57 | 0.059 | | ≤2 | 180 (42.9) | 240 (57.1) | 420 | | Engagement with routine outpatient care | | | | | | | Defaulted | 216 (58.7) | 152 (41.3) | 368 | 11.36 | <0.001 | | Not defaulted | 64 (19.3) | 268 (80.7) | 332 | | Refill drugs | | | | | | | Yes | 7 (3.4) | 196 (96.6) | 203 | 15.92 | <0.001 | | No | 273 (54.9) | 224 (45.1) | 497 | | Substance use | | | | | | | Yes | 52 (65.0) | 28 (35.0) | 80 | 23.52 | <0.001 | | No | 228 (36.8) | 392 (63.2) | 620 |
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Bold font refers to the significant values (<0.005).
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