Predictors of death within 2 years of receiving a community treatment order or discharge from hospital for patients without a community treatment order
| Characteristic | Patients alive at 2 years’ follow-up, no. (%) n = 5753 | Patients who died within 2 years’ follow-up, no. (%) n = 163 | Crude HR (95% CI) cases v. controls | Adjusted HR* (95% CI) cases v. controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age > 34 yr | 2923 (50.8) | 99 (60.7) | 1.49 (1.08–2.04) | 1.50 (1.04–2.17)† |
| Marital status always single | 3647 (63.4) | 90 (55.2) | 0.72 (0.53–0.98) | 0.75 (0.53–1.07) |
| Male sex | 3665 (63.7) | 106 (65.0) | 1.05 (0.77–1.46) | 1.28 (0.90–1.81) |
| Post-secondary education | 426 (7.4) | 16 (9.8) | 1.36 (0.81–2.27) | 1.20 (0.70–2.03) |
| Engaged in work, study or home duties | 1192 (20.7) | 25 (15.3) | 0.72 (0.47–1.10) | 0.70 (0.45–1.09) |
| Country of birth outside of Australia | 1445 (25.1) | 38 (23.3) | 0.91 (0.63–1.30) | 0.82 (0.56–1.20) |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait status | 551 (9.6) | 16 (9.8) | 1.02 (0.61–1.71) | 1.22 (0.71–2.10) |
| Rural residence | 593 (10.3) | 7 (4.3) | 0.39 (0.18–0.84) | 0.45 (0.21–0.98)† |
| Affective disorder | 826 (14.4) | 24 (14.7) | 1.03 (0.66–1.58) | 0.93 (0.59–1.45) |
| Community treatment order | 2887 (50.2) | 67 (41.1) | 0.69 (0.51–0.95) | 0.62 (0.45–0.86)† |
| > 1 psychiatric admission in 1 yr before CTO issued | 2728 (47.4) | 78 (47.9) | 1.02 (0.74–1.39) | 1.14 (0.82–1.58) |
| Psychiatric bed-days before index date > 30 | 2892 (50.3) | 96 (58.9) | 1.42 (1.03–1.94) | 0.94 (0.67–1.30) |
| Psychiatric outpatient contacts before index date ≥ 12 | 2871 (49.9) | 85 (52.1) | 1.10 (0.80–1.49) | 1.54 (1.09–2.17)† |
| Nonpsychiatric admissions > 1 | 3675 (63.9) | 124 (76.1) | 1.78 (1.24–2.56) | 1.94 (1.34–2.82)† |
| Psychiatric symptom duration > 5 yr | 2780 (48.3) | 83 (50.9) | 1.10 (0.81–1.50) | 0.83 (0.59–1.16) |