Table 2.
Details of ERPO petition among respondents aged ≥65 years (n = 672), by documented presence (N = 92) or absence (n = 580) of cognitive impairment.
| Total n (%) | Cognitive impairment n (%) | No impairment n (%) | P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Precipitating eventc | ||||
| ERPO petitioner (excluding FL and CT; n=235)b | 0.001 | |||
| Intimate partner | 16 (6.8) | 4 (11.1) | 12 (6.0) | |
| Other immediate family | 16 (6.8) | 8 (22.2) | 8 (4.0) | |
| Health professional | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Other/unknown | 7 (3.0) | 1 (2.8) | 6 (3.0) | |
| Law enforcement | 196 (83.4) | 23 (63.9) | 173 (86.9) | |
| If law enforcement petition, alerted by Intimate partner | 113 (17.9) | 19 (24.1) | 94 (17.0) | 0.156 |
| Other immediate family (non-intimate partner) | 65 (10.3) | 9 (11.4) | 56 (10.1) | 0.693 |
| Health professional | 57 (9.0) | 6 (7.6) | 51 (9.2) | 0.834 |
| Friend | 13 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (2.3) | 0.387 |
| Self | 83 (13.1) | 14 (17.7) | 69 (12.5) | 0.212 |
| Employer/Employee/Coworker | 14 (2.2) | 1 (1.3) | 13 (2.3) | 1 |
| Other | 124 (19.6) | 13 (16.5) | 111 (20.0) | 0.545 |
| Unknown | 167 (26.4) | 17 (21.5) | 150 (27.1) | 0.341 |
| Suicide threat/act | 350 (52.1) | 31 (33.7) | 319 (55.0) | <0.001 |
| Use of interpersonal violence | 132 (19.6) | 24 (26.1) | 108 (18.6) | 0.119 |
| Threats of interpersonal violence | 345 (51.3) | 56 (60.9) | 289 (49.8) | 0.056 |
| Threat of mass shooting | 44 (6.5) | 3 (3.3) | 41 (7.1) | 0.254 |
| Unlawful/reckless firearm use | 223 (33.2) | 32 (34.8) | 191 (32.9) | 0.722 |
| State proceedings for mental health | 414 (61.6) | 56 (60.9) | 358 (61.7) | 0.908 |
| Firearms at time of petitionb | ||||
| Evidence of possession | 378 (56.2) | 57 (62.0) | 321 (55.3) | 0.259 |
| Recently dispossessed as part of ERPO petition process | 301 (44.8) | 37 (40.2) | 264 (45.5) | 0.368 |
| Dispossessed by law enforcement before precipitating event | 6 (0.9) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (0.7) | 0.193 |
| Recently gave their firearms to someone else | 16 (2.4) | 3 (3.3) | 13 (2.2) | 0.471 |
| Does not possess or have access to a firearm | 24 (3.6) | 2 (2.2) | 22 (3.8) | 0.760 |
| Has access to, but does not possess, a firearm | 7 (1.0) | 1 (1.1) | 6 (1.0) | 1 |
| Possession unknown | 22 (3.3) | 1 (1.1) | 21 (3.6) | 0.342 |
| Petition indicated how many firearms respondent possessed/could access before petition filed | 590 (87.8) | 81 (88.0) | 509 (87.8) | 1 |
| Median firearms (min, max) | 3 (1, 160) | 3 (1, 38) | 3 (1, 160) | |
| Mean firearms (SD) | 5.9 (11.9) | 5.6 (7.4) | 5.9 (12.4) | 0.717 |
a
P values from two-sample t tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables due to small cell sizes.
b
In Florida and Connecticut, only law enforcement could submit an ERPO petition during the study period.
c
≥1 allowed.