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Table 2 Factors associated with time in ACC in adult ED patients with undifferentiated complaints

From: From symptom onset to ED departure: understanding the acute care chain for patients with undifferentiated complaints: a prospective observational study

Variable

Univariable

Multivariable

B

95% CI

P-value

B

95% CI

P-value

Constant

   

206

 

0.013

Age

1

0–2

0.236

1

45–367

0.459

Female sex

10

-32–52

0.648

2

-46–50

0.929

Complaints (days)

0

-3–2

0.806

-1

-4–2

0.445

Prescribed medication*

-12

-66–41

0.646

-1

-50–48

0.970

Daypart contact**

      

 Evening

-157

-233 – -81

< 0.001

-109

-194 – -23

0.013

 Night

-50

-169– 69

0.410

32

-123–186

0.686

GP Referral

223

177–268

< 0.001

199

135–263

< 0.001

EMS transportation

21

-23–65

0.358

-15

-71–42

0.615

Referred specialty

      

 Pulmonology

101

59–143

< 0.001

73

5–140

0.035

 Surgery + orthopaedics

-72

-124 – -20

0.006

-29

-102–43

0.422

 Other

-78

-145 – -11

0.023

-40

-137–58

0.422

Complaints

      

 Dyspnoea

104

63–145

< 0.001

-3

-81–75

0.937

 General malaise

-5

-71–61

0.878

-38

-124–47

0.379

 Other

-118

-172 – -65

< 0.001

-20

-103–62

0.627

Urgency: urgent

-42

-2–6

0.087

-23

-81–34

0.424

  1. R2 = 0.347
  2. Abbreviations: ACC – acute care chain, ED – emergency department, B – unstandardized regression coefficient, CI – confidence interval, GP – general practitioner, EMS – emergency medical services; R2 – coefficient of determination
  3. * Prescribed medication in this disease episode prior to current ED visit. ** Part of the day of referring contact