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. 2015 May 28;2015:1012.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Repetition of deliberate self-harm

Systematic review
77 people aged >16 years
Data from 1 RCT
Repetition of deliberate self-harm 16 weeks
3/38 (8%) with hospital admission for a median of 17 hours
4/39 (10%) with immediate discharge

Peto OR 0.75
95% CI 0.16 to 3.53
P = 0.72
The RCT was likely to have lacked power to detect a clinically important difference
Not significant