Clinical Study
A Comparison of Medical and Psychobehavioral Emergency Department Visits Made by Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Table 3
Adjusted odds ratios of association between variables and type of emergency visits (psychobehavioral versus medical crisis).
| Variables | OR | 95% CI |
| Age in years | | | ≤25 | 4.97* | 1.28–19.38 | 26–45 | 1.67 | 0.68–4.09 | 46+ (ref) | | | Sex | | | Female | 1.17 | 0.53–2.57 | Male (ref) | | | Level of disability | | | Borderline/mild | 1.68 | 0.76–3.72 | Moderate/severe (ref) | | | Cultural background | | | Caucasian | 0.42 | 0.07–2.65 | Other | 0.57 | 0.08–4.25 | African Canadian (ref) | | | Residence | | | Group home | 0.65 | 0.25–1.64 | Family | 1.92 | 0.58–6.34 | Minimal supports (ref) | | | Psychiatric diagnosis | | | Yes | 2.35* | 1.12–4.95 | No (Ref) | | | Autism diagnosis | | | Yes | 1.67 | 0.65–4.29 | No (ref) | | | Life events | | | 0 | 0.28* | 0.10–0.75 | 1 | 1.09 | 0.43–2.73 | 2 or more (ref) | | |
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*P < 0.05; note: ref: reference category.
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