Skip to main content

Table 4 Multiple regression analysis of the risk factors for poor treatment outcomes

From: Diagnostic profiles and predictors of treatment outcome among children and adolescents attending a national psychiatric hospital in Botswana

Risk factors

P value

OR

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Step1

 Age groupa

0.349

1.830

0.516

6.490

 Genderb

0.353

1.888

0.493

7.223

 Perinatal complicationc

0.027

7.861

1.271

48.620

 Early childhood illnessd

0.759

0.815

0.221

3.013

 Place of managemente

0.998

2.854E9

0.000

 Specialist caref

0.147

3.679

0.633

21.385

 Prescribing patterng

0.016

5.235

1.361

20.140

Step 2

 Age group

0.294

1.925

0.566

6.552

 Gender

0.360

1.868

0.490

7.118

 Perinatal complication

0.028

7.428

1.246

44.278

 Place of management

0.998

2.772E9

0.000

 Specialist care

0.114

3.954

0.718

21.779

 Prescribing pattern

0.017

5.136

1.346

19.597

Step 3

 Age group

0.379

1.711

0.517

5.661

 Perinatal complication

0.019

8.335

1.414

49.144

 Place of management

0.998

3.525E9

0.000

 Specialist care

0.122

3.688

0.706

19.265

 Prescribing pattern

0.021

4.780

1.265

18.062

Step 4

 Specialist care

0.088

4.110

0.809

20.881

 Perinatal complication

0.023

7.326

1.312

40.899

 Prescribing pattern

0.027

4.188

1.174

14.939

  1. OR  odd ratio, CI  confidence interval
  2. Significant test of association in italics. Nagelkerke R2 = 0.519
  3. a ≥11 years
  4. bFemale
  5. cAbsent
  6. dAbsent
  7. eIn-patient care
  8. fGiven
  9. gMonotherapy