title: Factors of importance to involuntary admission.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most countries allow for the use of involuntary admission of patients. While some countries have stable or declining rates of involuntary admission, this type of coercion is now on the increase in several European countries.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To increase understanding of the antecedents of involuntary admission.
  
  
  METHODS
  The importance of various predictors of involuntary admission were analysed in univariate analyses and in a logistic regression model, involving approximately 2000 admissions to a Norwegian hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Involuntary admission was positively associated with the diagnostic category of psychosis and negatively associated with the category of anxiety. Emergency referrals were also more likely to be coerced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnostic category seems to be a central factor with respect to involuntary admission. Patients that were admitted in an emergency were also more likely to be coerced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Certain groups of patients are more likely to be admitted involuntarily. Increasing attention to these groups could possibly also contribute to the reduction of coercion.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Research Centre of Northern Norway, Nordland Hospital Trust, N-8092 Bodø, Norway.
authors.forename: Lars Henrik
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Myklebust
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sørgaard
authors.forename: Ketil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Røtvold
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wynn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003068:Coercion; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult