Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) from an Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Table 4

Univariate and multivariable analyses for assessing relationship of DAMA with demographics and triage.

Variables	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age in years	0.98 (0.96–1.002)	—
Age
≤40 years	1.67 (0.99–2.85)	0.68 (0.29–1.61)
>40 years (ref)	1	1
Gender
Male	1.18 (0.64–2.15)	1.27 (0.66–2.42)
Female (ref)	1	1
Triage
Urgent	1.61 (0.212–12.2)	—
Less urgent	4.27 (0.56–32.49)
Nonurgent	12.74 (1.13–144.3)
Non-ER patient emergent (ref)	—
	1
Age, gender		3.12 (0.86–11.12)
≤40 years, male	—	3.94 (1.31–11.80)
≤40 years, female		1.27 (0.66–2.42)

Significant at value < 0.01.