Table 2 Regression analyses of significant risk factors related to patients psychological distress 30 days after ED presentation

 Gender (1 = female)

1571 (647)

1.36

1.10

1.67

0.004**

1.35

1.02

1.78

0.035*

 Marital status (1 = not married)

1536 (583)

1.43

1.16

1.77

0.001**

1.23

0.93

1.63

0.150

 Main diagnosis

1473

  Psychiatric disorder (inlc. intoxication)^b

35

2.23

1.13

4.38

0.021*

1.37

0.53

3.57

0.521

  Musculoskeletal disorder^b

74

1.68

1.05

2.68

0.030*

1.04

0.56

1.95

0.901

 Comorbidity

1266

  COPD^c

32

1.53

1.03

2.28

0.035*

1.05

0.62

1.77

0.856

  Psychiatric disorder^c

140

2.10

1.45

3.05

<0.001***

1.63

1.08

2.62

0.021*

  Intoxication^c

96

1.51

1.04

2.19

0.029*

1.28

0.74

2.24

0.380

 Number of acute medical problems

1409

1.09

1.02

1.17

0.007**

1.03

0.95

1.12

0.479

 Rehospitalisation (1 = yes)

1575 (116)

2.06

1.41

3.01

<0.001***

2.38

1.47

3.86

<0.001***

 Readmission ED (1 = yes)

1575 (61)

1.73

1.04

2.89

0.036*

0.78

0.39

1.57

0.483

 Unplanned visit at GP

1575 (54)

3.74

2.09

6.71

<0.001***

4.75

2.57

8.80

<0.001***

 Discharge post-care institution (1 = yes)

1530 (291)

1.91

1.47

2.47

<0.001***

1.47

1.03

2.09

0.033*

 Length of hospital stay

1239

1.04

1.02

1.06

<0.001***

1.02

0.99

1.04

0.149