Table 1.
Outcomes of decriptive phase sample (n = 7,631)
| Descriptive phase outcomes | Brown | Red | Yellow | Green | White | Statistics | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||||
| Male (n) (%)a | 16 (0.21) | 72 (0.94) | 516 (6.76) | 1491 (19.54) | 411 (5.39) | Χ 2 = 6.86 | 0.143 |
| Female (%)a | 39 (0.51) | 148 (1.94) | 1172 (15.36) | 3028 (39.68) | 738 (9.67) | ||
| Rate male:female | 1:2.5 | 1:2.1 | 1:2.3 | 1:2.0 | 1:1.8 | ||
| Mean age (years) (SD) | 47.03 (21.92) | 37.04 (15.78) | 34.02 (13.33) | 37.98 (14.68) | 38.89 16.26) | F = 31.38 | 0.0001** |
| Age range | 15–87 | 13–108 | 13–84 | 13–99 | 12–90 | ||
| CRPT score intervals | 1–9 | 5–16 | 14–23 | 22–31 | 25–32 | ||
| CRPT mean score (SD) | 4.01 (1.6) | 12.89 (2.5) | 19.17 (3.06) | 25.02 (3.1) | 29.12 (2.1) | F = 3607 | 0.0001** |
| CRPT under triage (n) (%)b | - | 16c (0.21)c | 47 (0.62) | 45 (0.59) | 47 (0.62) | ||
| CRPT over triage (n) (%)b | 3 (0.04) | 22 (0.29) | 106 (1.39) | 38 (0.49) | - | ||
| Suicide risk | |||||||
| No suicidal risk (%)b | 46 (83.63) | 101 (45.91) | 1179 (69.85) | 4406 (97.49) | 1119 (97.39) | Χ 2 = 1860 | 0.001* |
| No-suicide commitment (%)b | 0 (0) | 3 (1.36) | 5 (0.29) | 28 (0.62) | 17 (1.48) | ||
| Suicide thoughts (%)b | 4 (7.27) | 46 (20.91) | 319 (18.89) | 65 (1.44) | 11 (0.96) | ||
| Suicide threats (%)b | 0 (0) | 11 (5.00) | 55 (3.26) | 5 (0.11) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Suicide attempts (%)b | 5 (9.09) | 59 (26.82) | 130 (7.7) | 15 (0.33) | 2 (0.17) | ||
| Reference after emergency consultation | |||||||
| Urgent discharge to other hospital (%)b | 52 (94.54) | 131 (59.54) | 545 (32.29) | 260 (5.75) | 63 (5.48) | Χ 2 = 2545 | 0.001* |
| Admitted (%)b | 0 (0) | 66 (30.00) | 242 (14.34) | 45 (0.99) | 5 (0.99) | ||
| Discharge to outpatient treatment (%)b | 3 (5.46) | 20 (9.09) | 875 (51.83) | 4028 (89.13) | 1010 (87.90) | ||
| Discharge to comunitary care (%)b | 0 (0) | 3 (1.36) | 26 (1.54) | 186 (4.12) | 71 (6.18) |
Each PEP was broken down into one of five possible CRPT Color/Risk. Each PEP was also broken down into one score number from thirty two posible PEP. Undertriage were the PEP sorted as non urgent while were discharged as urgent PEP. Overtriage were the PEP sorted as urgent while were discharged as non urgent. PEP = Psychiatric Emergency Presentation. CPC = Continous Psychiatric Care Department (Prev. Emergency Department). CRPT: Color-Risk Psychiatric Triage
aCumulative percentage of overall sample
bPercentage of each CRPT level/risk
cUndertriage subjects of Red CRPT level were sorted as a PEP with a Discharge to Medical Emergencies. Both medical and Pychiatric emergencies were considered as first priority with immediate intervention
*Significance at 0.05 level
**Significance at 0.01 level