Table 4 |
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| Odds for different follow-ups according to intention in 1002 hospital admissions for acute poisoning in Oslo in 2008. Results of univariate logistic regression | |||||||
| Intention | Psych.ward | Psych. OPC | Add. clinic | G.P. | Other | No referral | Left |
| Suicide attempt Reference | 38 % | 29 % | 4 % | 9 % | 10 % | 5 %† | 5 % |
| AOSA OR (95 % CI) | 4 % 0.06* (0.04–0.11) | 8 % 0.21* (0.14–0.32) | 5 % 1.39 (0.74–2.63) | 12 % 1.37 (0.89–2.10) | 11 % 1.13 (0.73–1.73) | 41 % 13.04* (8.32–20.44) | 19 % 4.47* (2.76–7.24) |
| Other accidents OR (95 % CI) | 5 % 0.09* (0.05–0.18) | 8 % 0.21* (0.11–0.37) | 1 % 0.15 (0.02–1.11) | 19 % 2.32* (1.42–3.79) | 21 % 2.44** (1.52–3.91) | 37 % 11.08* (6.66–18.43) | 9 % 1.90 (0.97–3.71) |
| Total | 20 % | 18 % | 4 % | 12 % | 12 % | 24 % | 11 % |
*Significant, p < 0.001, **Significant, p < 0.05.
†Two definite suicide attempts.
AOSA accidental overdoses with substances of abuse, CI confidence interval, G.P. general practitioner, Psych. OPC psychiatric outpatient clinic.
Both AOSA and other accidents were compared with suicide attempts. The eight patients who died, one patient with unknown intention, and 54 patients transferred to a different hospital were excluded from this analysis.
Lund et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:858 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-858
