Table 1 Distribution of the demographic and clinical characteristics in the full sample and across ED visit status
Characteristics | Full sample % (95% CI) | ED visit % (95% CI) | No ED visits % (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years (mean/SD) | 12.1 (4.3) | 12.6 (4.2) | 11.7 (4.3) |
Sex | |||
 Male | 44.7 (43.5,46.0) | 40.4 (38.5,42.4) | 47.8 (46.2,49.4) |
 Female | 54.2 (53.0,55.5) | 58.2 (56.3,60.1) | 51.4 (49.7,53.0) |
 Neither male/female | 1.1 (0.8,1.4) | 1.4 (1.0,1.9) | 0.8 (0.6,1.2) |
Residence | |||
 Rural | 4.8 (4.3,5.4) | 3.5 (2.9,4.3) | 5.8 (5.0,6.6) |
 Urban | 89.5 (88.7,90.3) | 91.8 (90.7,92.8) | 87.9 (86.8,89.0) |
 Unclassified/unknown | 0.8 (0.6,1.0) | 0.6 (0.4,1.0) | 0.9 (0.6,1.2) |
 Missing | 4.9 (4.4,5.4) | 4.1 (3.4,4.9) | 5.4 (4.7,6.2) |
Program type | |||
 Community bed | 1.3 (1.1,1.6) | 1.8 (1.4,2.4) | 1.0 (0.7,1.3) |
 Community clinic | 22.2 (21.2,23.3) | 21.6 (20.0,23.2) | 22.7 (21.3,24.1) |
 Consultation service | 10.5 (9.7,11.3) | 10.8 (9.7,12.1) | 10.2 (9.3,11.3) |
 Day treatment | 1.4 (1.1,1.7) | 1.2 (0.9,1.7) | 1.5 (1.2,2.0) |
 Emergency service | 14.5 (13.6,15.4) | 17.6 (16.2,19.1) | 12.2 (11.2,13.3) |
 Inpatient unit | 13.7 (12.8,14.5) | 17.7 (16.3,19.3) | 10.7 (9.8,11.8) |
 Outpatient service | 16.3 (15.4,17.3) | 15.3 (14.0,16.8) | 17.0 (15.8,18.3) |
 School-based service | 14.6 (13.7,15.5) | 9.0 (8.0,10.2) | 18.5 (17.3,19.8) |
 Specialized service | 5.6 (5.0,6.2) | 4.9 (4.1,5.8) | 6.1 (5.3,6.9) |
Primary diagnosis | |||
 Anxiety disorder | 24.3 (23.2,25.4) | 23.5 (21.9,25.1) | 24.9 (23.5,26.3) |
 Bipolar disorder | 0.2 (0.1,0.4) | 0.2 (0.1,0.5) | 0.2 (0.1,0.4) |
 Depressive disorder | 12.5 (11.7,13.4) | 15.0 (13.6,16.4) | 10.8 (9.8,11.8) |
 Disruptive/impulse-control/conduct disorder | 1.5 (1.2,1.8) | 1.8 (1.3,2.4) | 1.3 (0.9,1.7) |
 Feeding/eating disorder | 2.4 (2.0,2.8) | 2.2 (1.7,2.8) | 2.5 (2.1,3.1) |
 Gender dysphoria | 0.2 (0.1,0.3) | 0.2 (0.1,0.5) | 0.2 (0.1,0.4) |
 Medical disorder | 0.7 (0.5,0.9) | 0.7 (0.4,1.1) | 0.7 (0.5,1.0) |
 Neurodevelopmental disorder | 19.5 (18.5,20.5) | 19.3 (17.8,20.9) | 19.7 (18.4,21.0) |
 Obsessive-compulsive disorder | 1.6 (1.3,2.0) | 1.1 (0.8,1.6) | 2.0 (1.6,2.5) |
 Other mental disorders | 4.2 (3.8,4.8) | 3.3 (2.7,4.1) | 4.9 (4.2,5.7) |
 Personality disorder | 0.2 (0.1,0.4) | 0.2 (0.1,0.5) | 0.3 (0.1,0.5) |
 Psychosocial factor | 17.3 (16.4,18.3) | 14.7 (13.4,16.2) | 19.1 (17.9,20.5) |
 Schizophrenia/psychotic disorder | 0.7 (0.5,1.0) | 0.9 (0.6,1.4) | 0.6 (0.4,0.9) |
 Somatic symptom | 0.3 (0.2,0.5) | 0.6 (0.3,0.9) | 0.2 (0.1,0.4) |
 Substance-related disorder | 0.9 (0.7,1.2) | 1.2 (0.9,1.7) | 0.7 (0.5,1.0) |
 Trauma/stress-related disorder | 13.1 (12.3,14.0) | 14.8 (13.5,16.2) | 12.0 (10.9,13.1) |
 Others | 0.2 (0.1,0.3) | 0.3 (0.2,0.6) | 0.1 (0.0,0.3) |