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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Nov;26(11):787–792. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181fa8568

TABLE 3.

Answers to Screening Evaluation Questions Among Psychiatric and Nonpsychiatric Patients

Total
(n = 156)
Psychiatric
Patients (n = 50)
Nonpsychiatric
(n = 106)
Nonpsychiatric Patients Who
Screened Positive (n = 27)
Do you think it’s a good idea for nurses to
 ask kids about suicide in the ER?
Yes 149 (96%) 47 (94%) 102 (96%) 26 (96%)
Have you ever been asked about suicide before? Yes 55 (35%) 22 (44%) 33 (31%) 15 (55%)