Table 7 Between-group comparison of DAMA patients with a revisit after 72 h and DAMA patients with no revisit
From: Discharge against medical advice from the emergency department in a university hospital
|
DAMA with no revisit (n = 327) |
DAMA with revisit (n = 86) | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD | 43. 94 ± 18.27 | 44.60 ± 17.26 | 0.55 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 185 (56.6%) | 51 (59.3%) | 0.64 |
| Male | 142 (43.4%) | 35 (40.7%) | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married | 250 (76.5%) | 66 (76.7%) | 0.054 |
| Single | 72 (22.0%) | 15 (17.4%) | |
| Divorced | 5 (1.5%) | 5 (5.8%) | |
| Catchment area or Non-Catchment | |||
| Catchment | 267 (82.3%) | 78 (90.7%) | 0.058 |
| Non-catchment | 58 (17.7%) | 8 (9.3%) | |
| Living alone | |||
| Yes | 33 (10.1%) | 6 (7.0%) | 0.379 |
| No | 294 (89.9%) | 80 (93.0%) | |
| Level of Education | |||
| Illiterate | 5 (1.5%) | 0 | 0.706 |
| Primary School | 41 (12.5%) | 13 (15.1%) | |
| Middle School | 53 (16.2%) | 13 (15.1%) | |
| High School | 129 (39.4%) | 38 (44.2%) | |
| University Degree | 99 (30.3%) | 22 (25.6%) | |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 145 (44.3%) | 34 (39.5%) | 0.725 |
| Unemployed | 164 (50.2%) | 47 (54.7%) | |
| Student | 15 (5.5%) | 5 (5.8%) | |
| Triage | |||
| Level 2 (Orange) | 19 (5.8%) | 4 (4.7%) | 0.836 |
| Level 3 (Yellow) | 285 (87.2%) | 77 (89.5%) | |
| Level 4 (Green) | 23 (7.0%) | 5 (5.8%) | |