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Table 2 Forward stepwise analysis for the model selection

From: Psychiatric emergencies during, after, and before the COVID-19 lockdown: what happened to our patients? A naturalistic observational study

 

AIC

BIC

Pseudo-R2

Set of variables included in model

Model (1)

5330

5366

0.01

Constant term and type of disorder (SMI, nSMI, A&S)

Model (2)

5331

5426

0.01

Model (1) with socio-demographic variables

Model (3)

4898

5004

0.05

Model (2) with number of hours from admission to discharge

Model (4)

4866

4996

0.05

Model (3) with controls for triage and mode of arrival

Model (5)

4795

4949

0.07

Model (4) with controls for reason for accessing and local health agency

Model (6)

4789

4955

0.07

Model (5) with binary control for frequent attendees

Model (7)

4786

4975

0.07

Model (5) with interaction term between type of disease and frequent attendees

  1. Socio-demographic variables include age groups, country of origin, and the binary variable for gender (male)
  2. SMI severe mental illness, nSMI not severe mental illness, A&S alcohol and substance abuse disorder