Table 2.
Referral to follow-up
| 16–22 years | 23–27 years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 younger post-intervention n (%) | 2008 younger pre-intervention n (%) | 2012 older post-intervention n (%) | 2008 older pre-intervention n (%) | |
| Admitted hospital psychiatric | 6 (2) | 8 (3) | 4 (2) | 6 (3) |
| Admitted hospital somatic | 33 (9) | 34 (11) | 34 (14) | 24 (13) |
| Addiction clinic | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 12 (5)** | 0 (0) |
| Psychiatric outpatient clinic | 57 (16)*** | 13 (4) | 21 (9) | 13 (7) |
| Child welfare services | 19 (5)** | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Social services | 20 (5) | 11 (3) | 14 (6) | 10 (5) |
| General practitioner | 16 (4) | 8 (3) | 6 (2) | 8 (4) |
| Other | 2 (1)* | 9 (3) | 10 (4) | 7 (4) |
| Discharged, no follow-up | 195 (53)* | 197 (62) | 118 (48) | 94 (49) |
| Self-discharged | 15 (4)**a | 34 (11) | 28 (11) | 28 (15) |
| Total referred to follow-up | 156 (43)*** | 86 (27) | 101 (41) | 68 (36) |
| Total | 366 (100) | 317 (100) | 247 (100) | 190 (100) |
Referral to follow-up after acute poisoning by substances of abuse before and after the implementation of the intervention program in 2010
Highest level of admission or referral initiated at index poisoning episode, or later referral by the program
p-values are for comparisons of frequencies before and after the implementation of the intervention program, using Pearson’s Chi square test or Fisher’s exact test (for expected cell counts of five or less)
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
aAt the index episode 25 (7 %) patients self-discharged. Ten of them were later contacted by the intervention program and referred to follow-up