Table 3

Multilevel regression for all patients and each diagnosis group: association between background factors and patients’ assessment of outcome

All patients
(n=1427)
Eating disorder
(n=93)
Drug-related problem (n=95)Anxiety and/or depression (n=651)Psychosis or
Schizophrenia (n=302)
Other diagnosis (n=269)
EstimateP valueEstimateP valueEstimateP valueB EstimateP valueEstimateP valueEstimateP value
Women (vs men)3.38**4.23ns2.38ns3.62*2.58ns4.14ns
Age0.83ns6.54ns3.99ns0.27ns1.59ns1.67ns
Married/cohabitating (vs not married/cohabitating)4.26**0.40ns0.73ns3.32*5.67ns5.40ns
Self-perceived mental health1.15ns−3.06ns−0.86ns2.85**2.11ns−0.78ns
Overall current state8.64***10.37***13.01***8.13***6.64***9.82***
Self-perceived mental health the last week before admission−6.89***−5.69*−6.62**−4.3***−8.91***−7.48***
Previous admissions−0.21ns0.81ns0.22ns−0.31ns−0.47ns−0.17ns
Duration of inpatient stay0.27ns−0.02ns−2.37ns0.74ns−0.14ns−0.57ns
Planned (vs urgent admission)−4.40***−11.38*1.52ns−0.73ns−6.76**−12.19***
  • *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.

  • ns, not significant.