Suicide Risk Assessment in Australian Emergency Departments: Assessing Clinicians’ Disposition Decisions

Table 3

Factors predicting disposition decisions.

		Sig.	OR	95% C.I. for OR
				Lower	Upper
Scenario 1	Risk rating*	0.002	2.754	1.468	5.167
	Protective factor rating*	0.062	0.557	0.301	1.031
	Staff age*	0.980	1.001	0.931	1.076
	Years in ED*	0.354	1.041	0.956	1.133
	Staff gender	0.798	1.127	0.450	2.827
	ED type	0.575	0.762	0.295	1.968
	Staff role	0.494	0.710	0.266	1.895
	Constant	0.019	0.014
Scenario 2	Risk rating*	0.002	2.754	1.468	5.167
	Protective factor rating*	0.062	0.557	0.301	1.031
	Staff age*	0.277	1.112	0.918	1.348
	Years in ED*	0.476	0.926	0.749	1.144
	Staff gender	0.798	1.355	0.133	13.782
	ED type	0.232	0.233	0.021	2.547
	Staff role	0.109	17.066	0.529	550.462
	Constant	0.025	0.000
Scenario 3	Risk rating*	0.000	2.645	1.796	3.895
	Protective factor rating*	0.003	0.677	0.522	0.880
	Staff age*	0.043	0.919	0.848	0.997
	Years in ED*	0.596	0.975	0.888	1.071
	Staff gender	0.271	1.871	0.613	5.711
	ED type	0.849	1.110	0.382	3.223
	Staff role	0.192	0.468	0.150	1.464
	Constant	0.903	1.261
Scenario 4	Risk rating*	0.000	6.063	2.839	12.950
	Protective factor rating*	0.940	0.983	0.627	1.542
	Staff age*	0.075	0.882	0.769	1.013
	Years in ED*	0.040	1.266	1.011	1.585
	Staff gender	0.398	2.251	0.342	14.791
	ED type	0.933	0.924	0.147	5.798
	Staff role	0.245	0.249	0.024	2.591
	Constant	0.043	0.001
Scenario 5	Risk rating*	0.000	4.040	2.656	6.145
	Protective factor rating*	0.001	0.688	0.550	0.860
	Staff age*	0.757	0.989	0.920	1.063
	Years in ED*	0.519	1.029	0.943	1.124
	Staff gender	0.079	2.203	0.913	5.313
	ED type	0.942	1.033	0.425	2.515
	Staff role	0.842	0.914	0.377	2.213
	Constant	0.000	0.000

∗Continuous variable.
Outcome measure coded as 0: discharge, 1: admit. Statistical significance printed in boldface.