Table 2 Unique patients’ first treatment episode 2011: treatment occasions, gender, age, treatment duration, additional treatment occasions/patient, involuntary care, involuntary care by gender and ICD-10 principal diagnostic clusters in URMs and non-URMs respectively at the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry emergency unit in Malmö, Sweden
From: Overrepresentation of unaccompanied refugee minors in inpatient psychiatric care
Variables | All patients | URM | non-URM | URM vs. non-URM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 261 | N = 56 | N = 205 | p-values | |
Treatment occasions | 372 | 86 | 286 | - |
Gender | F 149 (57.1%) | F 3 (5.4%) | F 146 (71.2%) | p < 0.001 |
M 112 (42.9%) | M 53 (94.6%) | M 59 (28.8%) | ||
Age, years (SD) | 15.1 (1.8) | 15.9 (1.5) | 14.9 (1.8) | p < 0.001 |
Treatment duration, days (SD) | 8.7 (16.6) | 6.2 (8.6) | 9.4 (18.1) | ns |
Additional treatment occasions/patient | 0.43 | 0.54 | 0.40 | ns |
Involuntary care | 28 (10.7%) | 11 (19.6%) | 17 (8.3%) | p = 0.026 |
Involuntary care by gender | F 8 (5.4%) | F 0 (0.0%) | F 8 (5.5%) | ns |
M 20 (17.9%) | M 11 (20.8%) | M 9 (15.3%) | ||
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40-F48) | 106 (40.6%) | 43 (76.8%) | 63 (30.7%) | p < 0.001 |
Mood disorders (F30-F39) | 74 (28.4%) | 9 (16.1%) | 65 (31.7%) | ns |
Behavioural and emotional disorders (F90-F98) | 28 (10.7%) | 1 (1.8%) | 27 (13.2%) | ns |
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors (F50-F59) | 13 (5.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (6.3%) | ns |
Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19) | 13 (5.0%) | 2 (3.6%) | 11 (5.4%) | ns |
Disorders of psychological development (F80-F89) | 5 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (2.4%) | ns |
Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders (F20-F29) | 3 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.5%) | ns |
Mental retardation (F70-F79) | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.0%) | ns |
Symptoms and signs (R00-R99) & Factors influencing health status (Z00-Z99) | 17 (6.5%) | 1 (1.8%) | 16 (7.8%) | ns |